It's a long weekend starting today.  I am not exactly sure what the weekend is for.  I know that September 15th was the Day of Sofia and I think that the reunification of Bulgaria is coming up but even a year later, I have a hard time keeping up with the holidays.

Don't get me wrong though, I am not complaining. Actually, I've got a lot to do.  I need to relax.  Then I need to buy some things for my apartment. I need to relax some more. I should do some shopping and buy some fall clothes--say pants so that I don't have to teach four days out of five in dresses or skirts.  As you may (or may not) remember I did a really bad job packing in August and only brought back one pair of slacks when I returned to Sofia.  After this, I think I'll relax some more.<!--more-->

I have a Bulgarian lesson to study for and a paragraph to write.  Maybe I'll even type this up and post it on my blog.  That way over the course of the year you'll be able to see exactly how far I've come in learning Bulgarian.  But this may be too ambitious.  After all, I do want to spend part of the weekend relaxing.

Oh and at least part of the weekend weather forecast seems to call for rain so I guess that it's a good thing I plan on doing some relaxing.

The best part of a long weekend is that there will be plenty of time to drink coffee and to read.  I picked up a copy (or my little sister might say stole her copy) of <em>The Time Traveler's Wife </em>when I was at home in August.  So I know what I'll be reading--but you all should know that I am more than slightly embarrassed to tell you all that I am reading a book that a movie has just been made about.  This said, it's actually really, really good and I stayed up way, way too late the last few nights reading it.

Um, a long weekend.  I am so excited.