An Afternoon Date

Since being here, there hasn't been a lot of opportunity for our usual mother/son dates.  Let's just say Logan and I have similar taste in "treats" and so when a friend offered up an afternoon at the Choco Museo - believe me, I signed us both up! We learned about coco pods, grinding the seeds …

Life Lately

We are still technically "in transition" which means we are not in our apartment yet, but we have to resume all other areas of life as if we have a home base, so it's a little crazy, like, I never want to see my suitcase ever again, or at least for a long time.  Here's a …

What I Know Now – 1 Month

"Comfort is a beautiful prison." - SJP For the first brief seconds, I still wake up not knowing where I am.  The familiarity hasn't set in and yet I feel little more at ease just one month under our belt.  Stumbling through some every day actions doesn't get me quite as flustered and I think most …

The Walled City

Today, we took a short cab ride down to Old Town.  The walled city is truly picturesque at every turn.   Tiny streets, little squares with lots of benches, Bougainvillea dangling out of every 2nd story balcony, it is everything you wanted it to be.  Fairly quiet during the lunch hour, we didn't feel crowded, but …

Homesick

I hesitated to write this because I didn't want to be a debbie-downer, but life is not all roses and rainbows. Well it only took me a few weeks to miss home.  I'm going to keep it real on this blog, and try not to sugar coat every experience.  Some are wonderful, some are not …