I did my best to be a good puppy parent and made Laika a Halloween costume, even though we have absolutely nowhere to show it off. (And besides that, she’s now sick with some sort of infection that’s sweeping the dog population of Kyiv.) However, I did manage to put it on her on Sunday and Shawn took some photos. She was less into wearing it and more into trying to chew on it. Absolutely no respect for all my hard work.
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On Thursday, Colin Powell was in town for some meetings. He was nice enough to stop by the Embassy just to say hello to the staff. After saying a few words, he actually took the time to pose for photos with all of us before heading off to the airport. Kyiv was his fourth stop in as many days - I can’t imagine having a life like that.
So Shawn told me out of the blue the other day that he really likes my blog. To me, this is a huge compliment, as I consider him The Writer of the family, kind of in the same way that I consider him The Actor of the family. Meaning, while I do enjoy both writing and acting and participate in both activities from time to time, I have never done either professionally and therefore am not as good as him. I guess that’s a very American attitude, huh? Money = success. Anyway, I think that his comment may have motivated me to write more frequently. You can all let me know if you think that’s a good thing or not.