Living in a foreign country, as with any new experience, comes with wonderful surprises, inconveniences and sometimes just down right annoyances. And of course, these list of things is different between every traveler. I adore living in latin cultures, but even these have their fair share of annoyances to me. Granted, not all latin countries…
Category: Personal
First Days in Peru
Here is a visual of my first few days here in Peru. I may be in far over my head, but at least I’ll have fun doing it. I am lucky enough to truly enjoy Karla, the person I will likely work the closest with during my time here. First day of work. Stand tall,…
An Ode to Packing
As I count down a week until I hop on the next plane to Peru, I begin that fun again of putting my life’s possessions into two seemingly large but insufficiently sized suitcases. We have all experienced the panic of “oh my, what do I take,” but after so much experience with this overwhelming struggle,…
The Evolution of a Father
A father doesn’t just appear out of thin air, it takes a lifetime of learning and changing to become a loved and respected father of three adults. These are just a few examples of the links in the chain of 35 years of fatherly evolution. At one point a father is like any other person…
Reverse Culture Confusion
Hi, my name is Angela, and I suffer, not from ‘reverse culture shock’, but rather ‘reverse culture confusion’. Something tells me that after 5 months, it’s no longer a ‘shock’. Now I chalk it up to mere confusion. There’s a point where the most confusing culture you’ve ever been in is your own. Not that…
Graduations and Killer Moths
Well, as I continue sitting around waiting (it’s becoming one of my best skills) for my next life adventure I’ve been able to sit back and enjoy life’s precious moments as they come. This weekend I got to see my first niece graduate kindergarten and mark one of the many accomplishments sure to come in…
Step 2-5: Wait
Ok, so I’ve put this ‘announcement’ off quite long enough. I was hoping to have a few answers before putting this out there, but perhaps it’s just as fun to let you all live in limbo with me. So for my next career trick I will be moving to… I’ve accepted a job working in…
The Lost Adventures
Well, I deserve to have lost any reader loyalty that the 3 of you may have given me. And ideally I would have been documenting the mind of one who returns to their home country after a year away… but for the most part it was a pretty depressing mindset. No one wants to read…
Mental transitioning
I’m reading through the e-book Before You Get “Home”: Preparing for Reentry by Ronald L. Koteskey and ran across this definition of “Home.” And it really gives a good quick example of why I feel I’m leaving home next week (even though I know mom doesn’t like it when I call anywhere except their house,…
Highs and Lows
Hello again world! I feel my life is too full to put on paper (or in this case, screen) sometimes. And right about now my mind feels like my desk looks, messy, full and completely unorganized. I’m almost positive that my personal to-do list hasn’t changed a bit in the last 2 weeks as things…
Brown Bag Adventures 