Get used to it.
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 enough time, you adapt to less. Or to acceptance, or to low expectations. Or to more than you expected. Or […]
Sometimes you just need a Pickle
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 Spain and became a re-pat. So, it was 3am the other night, and bang my eyes opened and I was […]
Ice and Bath should not be in the same sentence
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 jumps on me. So the teachers and I have been trading coughs, sneezes, and runny noses for the last 4 […]
A Million Little Things
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 big ones. I thought I swore a lot in Spain with the neck-choking bureaucracy. But I’ve had my share of […]
Desk Diagnosers
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 arthritis and Sjogren’s. Both need to be followed regularly and since arriving in Spain Ive had more and more pain […]
Don’t skimp on the bubbly
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 trip just for you? I call them mini – personal celebrations. Sometimes they are just for my birthday. Or Xmas […]
You Can’t Help Stupidity
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 quite beautiful. I arrived and rented an SUV for a whole $100 for 6 days. Incredible price. I check into […]
The Naked Truth
Sometimes you can’t unsee what you saw. Last weekend Jorge and I went to a beach. There are tons of them within an hour of Elche. He bought a car two weeks ago and so he well (we) are now mobile! He got a little 2008 Peugeot for $4800. It has about 150 K miles […]
Bubbles Anyone?
Bubbles for me. What does bubbles mean to you? If I was younger I might say “bubble bath” or those plastic soap bubble makers for kids. Or even the pillow of bubbles used to bathe me during a Turkish bath I experienced in Turkey. But that’s another blog itself. But not now. I’m talking drinkable […]
Dumpster Diving and ADD
It wasn’t the champagne I swear. I hadn’t even started drinking yet. I’ve had so much to do in the past week, planning a get together at my apartment which I have not done since arriving home from Spain about 12.5 months ago. It would seem my ex-pat to re-pat re-integration from Spain to the […]