Had quite the adventure today. We decided to go to our favorite beach during a pouring down rain storm. Thought it would be cool to be at the beach when it’s raining and it won’t be so hot. Well the
Public School Adventures
Adventures in schooling continues. Haley is feeling better but she needed one more day to get over her head cold, so Zoe was the only gringa at school today. I decided today would be a good day to walk around
Beach Days
Haley is sick so Zoe and Allison went with some of the Expat group here out to one of our beaches close to our town. This one is even better than all the others we’ve played on. I think it’s
A Good Day
Some days everything just works out, completely without warning or planning. Yesterday we met some new friends we had befriended online, signed our contract for our next (long term) rental, met our new neighbors, got two packages from home, recharged
School and Laundry Update
School update, day 2! This morning Haley was wearing street clothes. She insisted that her classmates instructed her to do this, but I was dubious. Turns out it was OK… to BRING street clothes. When she arrived everyone was in
Back to School For Reals
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