Tomorrow will be two years since Opie and I left Boston on that one-way ticket. I put on a brave face that day, but I was terrified of starting over, and afraid that I’d regret giving up everything to chase this life less ordinary. It’s been gratifying. It’s been a struggle. It’s tested me on… Continue Reading
Process hazy, try again…
(alternately titled, we don’t know our asses from our elbows) I cannot go through another bike to bus, walk, bike to office, repeat in reverse winter. I live in Scandinavia. The winters are frigid. It’s windy. It snows. It rains. I have asthma. The buses to and from work run once an hour and I… Continue Reading
The One Year Mark
Last Friday, it was one year ago that Opie and I boarded a plane out of Boston on a one-way ticket to Denmark. Living and working in Europe is the experience of a lifetime. This past year has been exciting, amazing, scary, fun, overwhelming, frustrating, and so many other things. On the subject of work…Even… Continue Reading
Anger
When I signed the contract to move to Denmark, I was told that my employer would provide income tax assistance with my foreign return for the first 2 years. Since the Danish system calculates our taxes automatically and I am living in Denmark, I thought that the “foreign return” was the US return. Except, I… Continue Reading
No Habla Dansk
Last night I received a letter from the Sprogcenter (language school). I’m trying to enroll in Danish classes, so obviously I can’t speak or read Danish, but the letter is in Danish. I totally get that I’m living in Denmark, and I don’t expect most things to be in English, but I’m really trying to… Continue Reading
Blå Sko
I cannot overemphasize the importance of practical shoes in my life right now. For more years than I’m going to count, my daily footwear has been along the lines of those Kate Spade leopard print pumps at the top of my blog. I was a shoe hound long before Carrie Bradshaw took the obsession mainstream… Continue Reading
Bringing Opie Home
In light of this recent BP fiasco, I’ve actually been happy not having a car. Yes, I know that by riding the bus, shopping, and begging rides from friends, I’m still a consumer of oil, but consuming on a smaller scale has taken the sting out of suddenly going from 2 cars to none. There… Continue Reading
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