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The Usual Ups and Downs

I’ll say this, the patterns are familiar—high highs one day and low lows the next. It probably doesn’t help that Nia and I are a teensy bit on the dramatic side, so our emotional responses swing wildly, sometimes even by the minute. ;) Good thing Nick is so even-keeled, but even he has...

Life In Berlin: The Good, the Challenging, and the Perplexing (Part 2)

Hello again! I hope you enjoyed Part 1. There’s one category left for today, and that’s The Perplexing. My first example is pretty self-explanatory in its perplexing-ness, however, with the last two items on my list, I should specify that it’s not necessarily the activity itself that...

Life In Berlin: The Good, the Challenging, and the Perplexing (Part 1)

It’s our 10th day in country, and I’ve sent my loves off to work and school for the day. I’m enjoying the quiet, along with a latte from my neighborhood coffee shop. Isn’t it adorable? Just a three-minute walk from our front door. So dangerous… My days are a bit unstructured right now...

A Quick Hello from Berlin

Hello All – Greetings from Berlin, our new home! Overall, we are settling in nicely. The United States Government seems to love “hit-the-ground-running” starts, so we arrived Saturday, had school orientation Monday, Embassy orientation Tuesday, Nick’s first day of work Tuesday, and the...

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