One of many common topics you hear come up when you have moved to another country is the question of where one’s home is. Most people think of the country they were born and raised in as “home,” whether or not they’ll be returning there any time soon, or ever. There are also many who …
We have lived here a year and four months at this point and I still continue to discover cultural differences regularly. These are generally fairly humorous things that pop up when I say something someone else doesn’t understand or someone says something I don’t understand. This happens a lot at work and leads to many …
Have I mentioned before how some things just aren’t as easy here as they are in the US? Oh yeah, that’s right, only about a million times. While I find customer service to be friendly when it comes to the boring but necessary stuff (wifi, gas/electric, phone, rent, etc.) it is horribly inefficient, if not …
Continue reading Inefficiency in the UK (Enter the Ombudsman)
Another summer has come and gone. Autumn came on much more suddenly than I recall from last year. It’s nice in many ways. The light and the air shift in such a way that things feel a little more magical and cozier which means it’s time for warm clothing, dog pjs, blankets and comfort food. …
How have we been here over a year already? How has it only been a year?! When I think back to the day we arrived in Scotland it seems like it was years ago. I felt so overwhelmed when we arrived here, it was nearly crushing. I still feel overwhelmed at times but in a …
A month or two before we moved to Scotland a lady reached out through one of the immigration Facebook groups I’m in and was looking for people who were moving to Scotland. She was casting for HHI. In a message I told her about our situation and that I was fairly certain we weren’t what …
I’ve meant to post about our actual flat hunt for about… geeze, I guess it’s been about a year. Well, there’s no better time than now, seriously, it’s time. Why? Now I can fess up and admit that we filmed an episode of House Hunters International. Our episode will air on the 15th of July …
Continue reading Our Flat Hunt (and House Hunters International)
Before moving to Scotland I had pretty much resolved to not return to visit the US for a few years after our move. I figured it wouldn’t make financial sense and it’d be too difficult since I knew it’d take a while to sort our lives out here and wasn’t sure how a visit would …
I've not been very good about posting on here lately. I start to write blog posts, get overwhelmed, take a break, and then that post goes to live in blog purgatory. I may or may not have mentioned in previous posts that I’ve struggled with depression my entire life and while I won't go into …
I’ve found myself oddly “homesick” lately in some ways. Actually, I don’t even think homesick is the right description since I can’t say the US felt like home but I am longing for things long past at this point. Allow me to start off by saying I love Glasgow. I love Scotland. I never want …
