My second Thanksgiving living in Chile and already it seems to me that I’m eternally living in a land with no holidays. It also seems that nothing provokes the holiday spirit in me anymore and though it used to be that the last Thursday in November marked the beginning of the splendid holiday season, now …
Month: November 2010
Holy sleepy pants, Batman!
Sooooo… how’s about someone telling me how in SAM HELL people manage to 1) work, while 2) going to school and 3) having kids. Seriously today propelled me into another dimension of sleepy pants. Not sassy pants but serious comfy, flannel, sleepy pants. Ok, so I don’t have kids BUT – I do have a …
First day
Today was the first day of my new job. I have both good news and bad news so which do you want first? I’m a masochist myself so I’ll start with the bad news: I have no idea what’s going on. The good news is that I’m the boss. Though, upon closer inspection, I’m pretty …
I love you
Hi. I love you and the fact that you read me. But I’m done here and want to invite you here. It’s not about being an expat but it’s about being me (either a bitchy version of me or a lame version of me.) If you come on over, thanks! If not, then might I …
Limitless
Right now, I’m doing something I haven’t done in ages. I’m drinking a rosé as I write the first blog to initiate my sassy pants. I’m actually wearing shorts right now, but that’s six of one and half a dozen of another. The only thing YOU need to know is that my underwear is black …
The end of another "era"
On Friday, I posted the following on my Twitter account: “Auto reply stating I no longer work ‘there’ is set and in full effect. Pretty much an era (career-wise) is over. Crazy.” An end of an era for sure. I spent almost seven years working for a Japanese- American company and selling the rights to …