As I joked a couple days ago, the Albanians are more American than Americans at times. While Halloween is typically considered an American holiday, for the past two years, they have celebrated Halloween in Kosovo. Tonight we can expect to see little ghouls and witches running around downtown Pristina searching for candy. There was a Halloween Party on Saturday night in the UN with yours truly (Dj Vegas in da Haunted House!) that was pretty fun. We spent all afternoon carving up pumpkins and making decorations for the SRC Lounge at MHQ. I had a pumpkin lighting my front balcony last night as well...Smokey was interested as it was the first time he had seen a pumpkin before...thankfully he did not try to claim the pumpkin is his as he does with all the trees in the yard (and lately the front gate)!
For some reason, the power was horrible from Saturday afternoon until Sunday noon-time. The schedule seemed to be two on and four off. The worst thing about it is that my generator was in for service so I ended up sitting in the dark while I was home (luckily we had the party so I didn't go insane!) But I have a feeling that it will be long, cold winter! The weather is dropping down to freezing at nights now so I'm starting to fire up (no pun intended) the wood stove in my living room. After a discussion with friends yesterday, I'm considering buying a wood stove heater for my living room. They cost around 100 Euros but I think it would help to retain some more of the heat in the living room than the old classic stove that I have now :)
