Can’t Live With Them…Or Something Like That
So, our very lovely apartment has a ridiculous amount of security. A front door that looks like a bank vault. Special fancy keys, and and even special-er little piece of plastic with a transponder in...
View ArticleClosing Ceremonies
I just calculated that we leave Vienna in exactly 101 days. We already have our flight reservation because we have two cats that we wanted to get on the same cost-constructed, non-stop flight to DC....
View ArticleThere Goes My Brain
We pack out in less than three weeks, and despite it being relatively easy compared to the last move, I'm still becoming totally ADD. Again.
View ArticleEmptying the Nest
So, last Friday I flew to California to help my daughter get settled into her graduate dorm. The day after that, my son flew to England to start his first year at university. Just your typical Foreign...
View ArticleLike Grad Students Except With Money
So, how’s the empty nest going? A few people have asked me that over the last couple of weeks, and the answer is, well, just fine! It probably helps that this last year has involved so many transitions...
View ArticleChilling in Copenhagen
I was so not ready to travel last week. But, it turns out that section heads at large missions can’t just hit the road any time they like. Go figure! Six weeks after arrival at post was when the...
View ArticleWhat Do Expat Spouses Do All Day?
Imagine, if you will, a world of single-income families in which one spouse of each couple does not have a full-time job. This is the bubble in which most expats live. The primary reason for this...
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