We’ve come a long way, baby. We flew across the Atlantic Ocean from Stuttgart, Germany, to Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 18. In the almost seven months since we’ve driven up through New England, down to Pennsylvania, over to Indiana, down to Florida, out to Las Vegas, up to Colorado (where we took a flight back […]
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It’s official. As of Dec. 1, Mark is retired from the U.S. Army. We weren’t sure how we’d feel on that day. I thought I might be sad or emotional, or that Mark would suddenly be worried about what the future might bring or have regrets about getting out. I wondered if the clouds would […]
Tonight I took a train from Stuttgart to Ramstein Air Base, where tomorrow I will attempt to get on a Space A military flight (aka free!) to the U.S. My mission: Buy a fifth wheel trailer that will become our home for up to a year. For those who had their doubts – including us […]
Every week I make a promise to myself to get all my “Beyond the Gilded Cage” sites updated, to post regularly and to talk to you all more often. I sit down at the computer and start to type something, then stop. The words are not coming to me easily these days. I can’t quite […]
I am obsessed. I spend hours every day looking at trailers online. It’s why my children aren’t fed and the laundry isn’t done, and why I am behind on my graduate course and my paid work. I’m pretty sure I didn’t spend near this much time thinking about the “real” house we bought 10 years […]