Halloween at McMurdo

It is Halloween in Antarctica, in all technicality, since it is Oct. 31. However, in Antarctica, all holidays fall on Saturday. It does not matter if the holiday actually took place on Tuesday. We do not celebrate until Saturday. This is because we have only one day off per week and it is Sunday. Therefore, everyone today is plotting about their tomorrow costumes (and maybe going to the haunted house that the waste barn people built). I am coughing a lot because yesterday I decided it was a good idea to smoke a billion cigarettes. This was mistaken. Unfortunately, my mind seems to think that every time I have a drink. I cough a lot.