“But that’s not reality, is it?” Being an expat you get many responses after you answer the question, “What is it like to live there?” And the one above, is pretty common, in it’s many different forms: “Oh, but you’ll come back home and it will be back to normal…” “It sounds like a dream” …
Forget the Toilet Paper, it’s newspaper for us now…
So, it goes a little something like this… We were living a busy, happy, life in the fresh, green Wiltshire countryside. Happy children, the perfect part-time job, a long-serving Army wife of a long-serving soldier of 25 years. ‘Proud’ is an understatement. We’d had our fair share of ups and downs (it’s only normal after …
The 30-Day Challenge That Wasn’t
Recently I had the depressing realisation that I do nothing everyday yet still can’t find the time to do anything… And after wallowing in my self-pity for a short time I had an Epiphany: Busy people get things done. I need to become a busy person. Enter stage left: My 30-Day Challenge! I have to …
Justify Your Existence
“I need to justify my existence.” Emma turned to me in the car as we drove to our Arabic class, her face earnest but her eyes sparkling with mischief. “When my husband comes home at night I try to tell him how busy and productive my day is. Because I know I have been really …