Who's F***ing idea was this anyway?

Life as an ex-pat, to re-pat, and all the crap in between.

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Say No to the Toe

By Chif
So, I decided to have my longstanding deformed toes fixed. I have Rheumatoid arthritis and had 3 toes fixed on the other foot a few years ago. Think hammer toes and deviations.  And not from...

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Toothe Aches and Fall Prevention

By Chif
This week, my lower left jaw pain has acted up. When I went to the dentist three months ago, he said I’m getting old. Well not in so many words, seeing how I look younger...

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Where oh Where is your Underwear?

By Chif
So, at 6am this morning I was startled awake from a dead sleep by someone yelling “Help Help! Help! repeatedly outside. Now I live in a complex that well, how should I say, is a...

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Get used to it.

By Chif
You’ll get used to it. When you have no other out, they say you’ll get used to it. Get used to what? Everything. It’s amazing how you do. Get used to things that is, with...

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Sometimes you just need a Pickle

By Chif
So, I have terrible insomnia. I wake up sometimes at 2, 3, or 4 am and never go back to sleep. Its frustrating, aggravating, and downright exhaustive. It’s been worse since I returned home from...

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Ice and Bath should not be in the same sentence

By Chif
So it’s been a while since I wrote, I’ve been under the weather again. I take autoimmune meds for my Rheumatoid and with every kid who blows snot in class which is every day, something...

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A Million Little Things

By Chif
My sister-in-law said to me the other day. “It’s always a million little things.” Warning serious bitching ahead. I get that. Since being home from Spain it’s been a million little things and a few...

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Desk Diagnosers

By Chif
Note this was while living in Spain 1 year ago. Well, I saw my 3rd rheumatologist a few days ago. Why? Because I gave up on the other two. As yall know I have Rheumatoid...

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Don’t skimp on the bubbly

By Chif
If it’s your celebration, drink whatever you want….. So have you ever just taken yourself out to eat alone? Or sat at a bar and have a fancy drink you never get? Or take a...

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You Can’t Help Stupidity

By Chif
Sometimes it’s best to have a 4-wheeler…. So I was in Boquete Panama  for thanksgiving. Its well known as  having some of the best coffee growing areas in the world.  Its lush, mountainous, cool and...

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About Me

Hola, I’m Chif.

This blog is about how I changed my life.  I moved to Spain at 58 for 2 years to teach kids English. After divorce and cancer it was time to do something different and I did. I left a good job and health insurance and no, I didn’t know any Spanish either.  But I did it and learned how to move to another country and deal with ex-pat adaption hell, but then due to “aging out at age 60” I had to go… go figure! So I  had to move back to the US to go through a different kind of re-pat, re-integration hell.

So  I sit here wondering: Whose f***ing idea was this anyway? Mine, all mine. So here is my story, one painful step at a time, then and now.  Just so you know I’ve been to 80 countries over the years as I have no kids and no man to get in my way. So enjoy my travel stories as I continue to come up with crazy F***ing ideas.

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