I was nearly 18 years old the first (and only) time my family went on an airplane together. My parents, both hard-working full-time employees very rarely got enough time off to constitute taking a long vacation out-of-state together, let alone something as exotic as Florida. Living in Connecticut, Florida was another world, a magical place I only…
Traveling with a toddler isn’t easy, no matter how much you might prepare or not. There has been frustrations, meltdowns, denial, refusals (my personal fav), whining….. all of these things from a seemingly easy-going child. How I’ve handled it has largely depended on how I was feeling, rather than how HJ was acting…. the difference…
I have quite a bit to share about London, but I’d rather “air the dirty laundry” so to speak before posting later this week about the fabulous hotel we stayed in, the great food we ate, and the silly things that happened in the land of UK. So let’s get started, shall we? (And for…
Luck certainly wasn’t on our side when the delay in lease signing meant extending our hotel stay and rescheduling the delivery of our things from home. We have a lovely apartment that’s sitting empty. We left our “Residhome” for a new hotel since they were booked, and couldn’t extend our stay till Thursday morning. I’m…
That’s what I told Papa we were like today over dinner at 8 p.m., HJ tucked into bed with the lull of the ocean to calm his napless day into dreamland. “We are like Joseph and Mary, seeking the inn!” Dramatic much? Oh yes, yes I was. Because this is how today went for Papa:…
There have been so many dark days for us lately; writing yesterday’s post felt good to put out there. It’s hard to put forth all the fantastic things about Paris when there has been so much chaos internally. There is darkness, but those tough days really make it easier to appreciate the bright ones, the…
<<Warning: this post is a rambling mess of some complaints.>> Patience is a virtue…. one I use to possess. These days I’m on edge all the time, and I know without a doubt that living the past 5 months in transition have taken its toll. There were the months at a hotel in the US,…
Sometimes thoughts cloud my mind. (I am regretting my nap today… it’s 12:04 a.m. and I’m posting a blog post). Memories of those lost. Our experiences since embarking on this journey. Whenever those dark thoughts enter my mind, I thank God for this song because it reminds me to dance, to shake off the Devil…
Paris and its surrounding suburbs suffer the downfall of small apartment spaces much like any other large city. Our apartment search has shown us many apartments of around 70 square meters (750 square feet by US standards), which are definitely on the large side compared to others. And storage space is definitely an issue. Roughly…
The space between our old life and our new life….. hotel space. Hotel space has now completed its fifth month, and we’ve all gone a bit mad around these parts. That’s okay by me though, because mad/crazy is better than mad/angry. I offer evidence of mad: Exhibit a.)A trip to the store after apartment viewing…
