I found a video clip of the 4th little traveller on my phone over the holidays. He was furious with his older brother and had taken the time to sit on the stairs and record a message for him. The message was clear:Fred - you are fat and moldy.You are so fat and moldy.You are so fat and moldy.And I hate you.He was not a happy traveller.By the time … [Read more...]
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Pinch Me
October 3, 2012 by
We were smack in the middle of expat limbo. We'd been living in Houston for not even a year when G was offered a job in Qatar. For a healthy dose of geographical schizophrenia we went backwards to our old life. We returned to Canada for a weekend. We did what we said we could never do. We revisited, reflected, and planted ourselves in the middle of … [Read more...]
Good Men
September 28, 2012 by
The third little traveller is blissfully floating through his first bromance. In an act from the expat gods, relocations have worked in his favour this year with the delivery of his two new best friends. They have become a threesome, inseparable besties.If the perfect girlfriend remains to be one whose Dad owns a brewery, our third traveller … [Read more...]
Met Anyone New Lately?
September 3, 2012 by
The challenge was set.Meet one new person and come back at the end of the day with a name and where they were living last. "Make sure if you see anyone new, you ask them to play or ask them if they want to sit with you at lunch". I was perched high in the saddle of my parental high horse. "You've all been new. You all know what its like". I sold it … [Read more...]
Has Anyone Seen the Remote?
April 22, 2012 by
Years ago, in a different location, a girlfriend of mine shared a story about her weekend. She and her husband had been to a dinner party at a friend's home. They were all expats and had begun to rely on each other in a way that expats do in the absence of family and old friends. Half way through the evening, after the consumption of alcohol, their … [Read more...]
Geographical Schizophrenia
April 8, 2012 by
In the week leading up to our trip away, I was acting as a tourguide for our guests from Australia. I love living in Qatar and I tend to get a little overexcited about the opportunities available when living here. By the end of the week I'd worked myself into such a frenzy, I was thinking of lining up job interviews for our guests. I had no idea if … [Read more...]
I think you hit a nerve.
September 28, 2011 by
Yesterday, I may have had a little rant. My rant was not about how easy or hard my life is, my life is pretty bloody good. I know that. But, my very first rant (on the blog) as one of the comments said "hit a nerve".My rant was about a joke. A joke that gets told by men. A joke that I don't find funny because it's not really a joke. I mean it's … [Read more...]
The Second Bottle
September 23, 2011 by
It's the weekend and G is home from London safe and sound with treats for all. The house is alive with questions about Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and The London Eye. G has been to Hamleys and is enjoying the God like status that it has awarded him in the eyes of his children.It's been a busy week. Is it just me or does everyone find their household … [Read more...]
Wishing we could make it better.
May 13, 2011 by
I've been quiet for the last couple of days. There's been a few times I've started to write, but it just hasn't felt right. It feels flippant, perhaps even disrespectful, to bang on about the every day, the things we take for granted. I keep seeing flashes of the same faces, I keep seeing a friend and her sparkling blue eyes. I keep going back in … [Read more...]
