School started today! For real! Zoe was up and energetic very early. School is always so good for her, the extrovert that she is. It was a rare rainy morning (usually whatever rain we have stops by early morning) so
Not Back to School
The girls are home from school already, a mere 12 minutes after it started! ha! Turns out there’s no school for the lower grades today. I had heard from a friend who has a kinder kid that school is cancelled
Laundry Lady
Getting our laundry done this past week has been comical. Well, not so comical at the time but now that we have it (mostly) done, it’s OK to laugh… It started on Tuesday, the day after the most recent holiday.
Back to School Shopping
Earlier this week I was told of a local expat from Australia who sends her kids to the local Panamanian school. She was very nice to meet with me yesterday and answer all my questions. She told me of her
“Are you glad you moved to Panama?”
Several of you have asked me the same question privately so I thought I’d post it here along with my answer: “Are you glad you moved? Are you having the experience that you wanted?” The answer is unequivocally YES and
Guidelines for Living in Panama
Today’s experience at Mailboxes Etc was a microcosm of our life here. It also allows me to illustrate several guidelines for living in Panama. Guideline 1: Rarely will one day be fully good or fully bad. We successfully set up
(Not) Planning Ahead in Pedasi
We are very happy to be in Pedasi. Our house has a lot more room to hang out and thanks to our air conditioner we spent most of the day just lounging and relaxing. Sometimes you need days when you
Four New Gringos in Pedasi
I am writing this from our dining room table, which is outside on the porch facing the cows. We are settling in nicely to Pedasi although we are reminded that transitions are always hard. We arrived Friday after a lovely
Cooking Class
One night last week I had a bit of a meltdown (yes, again). I had made yet another very untasty dinner and my daily visits to the grocery store were stressful and overwhelming. We all know the meltdown wasn’t only