I was feeling really lonely last week. Nia’s after-school activities kicked in, which means she’s now gone for 10 hours three days a week. And Nick’s schedule is even worse—a GOOD day is 11 hours away. When he has night events, like last Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, he leaves at the...
It is a universal constant that every PCS (Permanent Change of Station, otherwise known as a move for those not fluent in Foreign-Service-speak) involves something going terribly wrong. I’ve heard wild stories—like stuff being hijacked by pirates or falling off a ship—though the more...
I’ll say this, the patterns are familiar—high highs one day and low lows the next. It probably doesn’t help that Nia and I are a teensy bit on the dramatic side, so our emotional responses swing wildly, sometimes even by the minute. ;) Good thing Nick is so even-keeled, but even he has...
Hello again! I hope you enjoyed Part 1. There’s one category left for today, and that’s The Perplexing. My first example is pretty self-explanatory in its perplexing-ness, however, with the last two items on my list, I should specify that it’s not necessarily the activity itself that...
