I can run, but I CAN'T HIDE

... from Pepsi. In the last 2 years I have been addicted to Pepsi in the US, I drank it on a daily basis. There have been a few weeks here and there when I went without it, but once I was done with those weeks, I made up for not drinking any soda by drinking 3-4-5 cans of Pepsi a day. I used to drink "Diet Pepsi" when I was in the states.

Well, it turns out that when I came to Russia, I had a bit of a pepsi withdrawal (aka headaches). I did not want to spend money on Pepsi, plus I knew that it was not all that good for me anyways. I did pretty good the first month of me being in Russia. Then, my sister agreed on getting some "Pepsi Light" for me at the store. Yes, there is no diet pepsi, it's all lights here. We have "Coca Cola Light", "Pepsi Light" and that is about it. You can't find "Sprite Light" or "Fanta Light" or anything like that. If you want light, you are stuck to Coke and Pepsi. So, the last couple of weeks we have been having a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi in our fridge at any given day at any given time. If we run out, then my sister buys another bottle on the way home. I think she is getting just as addicted to it as me.

You have noticed it right, it's not Pepsi Light that we have in our fridge, it's Pepsi. Well, see, there is a store by our apartment building, it's about 2 minutes of walking. So, naturally when we run out of water or Pepsi, that's the store we use to get some more. For some unknown to me reason they don't sell Pepsi Light in there, it's just regular pepsi. Even though I don't like getting calories from drinks, I justify drinking regular Pepsi because my sister or I are just too tired to walk too far to get this drink, plus I walk much more now than I ever did in the states. I am convinced that so I burn all the Pepsi calories, I just doubt I burn any more :)

So, I tried running from Pepsi. Geeze, ran all the way to Moscow, Russia. But I guess I can't hide. We are destined to be in each other's life. I'll just try not to run away from it any farther than Moscow, hiding from this drink is virtually impossible :)