That's the game we feel like we're playing here. Walking down the sidewalk, driving the car, just riding the roller coaster of life, we are participants in a constant game of chicken and I'm not sure if we're winning.
Last Saturday I would have assured you that we were. We set our clocks back an hour, thus shortening the time difference with NY down to 6 hours, which surprisingly made a HUGE difference in our ability to communicate with people. We gained an extra hour of sleep and had daylight when the alarm goes off - yay! It's dark by 6pm now, so that makes the night feel much longer, causing us to stay inside more. But the weather has been fantastic! It's supposed to get into the mid-70s and remain sunny for the next 5 days. This will almost certainly delay getting heat in our apartments, and since it's dropping into the 30s at night, that's not cool. I've relocated my space heater from school to home to try to help, and we still use the oven for a heat source. But I digress, back to last Saturday. We spent the day hanging out downtown, drinking hot chocolate and checking out some local restaurants. We found a really cool cafe that turns tango club at night, a great Greek restaurant with CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE, and a decent place that will deliver to our apartment! We also found the last of the three malls in Sofia, and checked out the tasty fruit juice bar, who incidentally, will also deliver. This is how we try to spend most Saturdays since it gives us a chance to get to know the city, eat healthier than we do all week, and practice our tour guide skills for when you all come to visit! We even found mini-golf for only 3 leva (about $2.00)!
Sometimes we go alone, and sometimes we meet up with folks. As you can see, we attempted to meet one of our neighbors, Tom, affectionately known as Junior, for dinner. Unfortunately, he couldn't make it and I ended up having a very Breakfast at Tiffany's moment, much to the entertainment of passersby, as I waited with my flower that Greg bought from a gypsy on the bench with the statues. Pretty hilarious, I must admit.
Incidentally, this is a picture of Junior, who shaved half his face just to be random on Halloween.
That's all for now in the way of updates. Below are some pictures that I have been accumulating over the past few weeks while waiting to upload. Enjoy!
Theresa - for you and your kids! 
Two pics from our trip to Thessaloniki: a rainbow on the Greek border and the village of Melnik
Here are some neat photos from campus:
The path leading to our admin building, Sanders and Dafina's Garden
The fountain in the middle of campus and the old pool back on the trail behind the houses
One of the views from my room, Mt Vitosha from outside my room, and Onda, the coffee shop
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