Homesick. It might as well come with a fever, body aches, and sore throat because it makes you feel just as terrible as any other illness and doesn’t have any of the real over-the-counter stuff that will knock you out. Like hot flashes, it comes in waves, when you least expect it and finding a cure could prove […]
What I've Learned as an Expat
7 Lies You Tell Yourself Before Moving Abroad
I am going to need this stuff again. Survey says… When we left for our abroad move (4 YEARS ago!) we had entertained the idea of getting a storage unit since we might only be gone for 2 years. And then we looked at prices and decided our storage unit would be our parents’ attics. Just […]
How Dating My Husband Helped Me Live Abroad
All relationships, including the relationships we have with where we live, have things we cannot accept. We call these things deal breakers. When Husband and I were considering moving abroad, I mentally scribbled down a deal breaker list: if it doesn’t have this I’m not considering it. If it doesn’t have that I’m not going… and […]