Purging our worldly possessions…

After a long night of drinking and trying to give away remaining paperbacks, wine glasses and other assorted items, we drove to Philly Monday with another load of stuff. While moving out in stages has its advantages- mainly that we have time to go through our stuff- I am definitely sick and tired of packing [...]

Today is My Birthday: Four Weeks Until Our Expatriation

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I’m not sure which milestone is the bigger milestone. Today marks the 27th year of my life, of my past. Today also marks four weeks before our departure, before the start of our very exciting future. Only four weeks are left until we leave on the trip we’ve spent the last 5 years planning and [...]

Sign Language

Saw this on the UK’s telegraph and I immediately recognized it as Everglades National Park. Just last year we took the tram ride down this road.  Unfortunately we didn’t see anything like this, just a few babies in the water.  This would have definitely made things more exciting. They have a whole slideshow of funny [...]

Inauguration Pandemonium

Coffee, Anyone?

Here I am, sitting in my home; one week after Obama took office. While watching President Obama announce a new special envoy for the Middle East, sign orders to close the Guantanamo Bay terrorist prison camp, and do a complete 180° on U.S. foreign policy, I blew my nose so many times that I went [...]