Showing posts with label REPATRIATING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label REPATRIATING. Show all posts

Sunday, April 27, 2014

IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME!

What can I say,
except that it's been busy around here!
As a "REPAT", I have immersed myself in things
that I never got to do in Dubai!
Things like painting, cleaning, gardening....
and I have honestly 
LOVED IT!
Well, except for the cleaning!  
But it's been fun digging in the dirt
and painting a room or two!
I am sooooo grateful for our downsized house 
with its downsized yard!
(Makes it all quite manageable!)

But the best part of being a "REPAT":

...When Jonathan gets home from work and 
tells me about his day!
...When Jas and Chloe drop by for a quick visit!
...When I see Shallie running through her back yard!
...When John's brother, Jimmy, stops in to catch up with us on his way home from Florida!
...When I get calls & texts throughout the day!
...When I attend my awesome Tuesday Night Yoga class!
...When I meet friends for lunch (with Shallie) and go 
walking on the Monon Trail! 
(which I'm about to do in approximately six hours!)

Yes, I miss my life as an EXPAT.
I miss Dubai and I miss all 
the awesome friends we made there.

But I can still say, 
(even though it's only been 2.5 weeks), 
that  
IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

THE DAY OF RECKONING!


When expats
repatriate back to their home country,
look out their window
and see this.....


....they know it is
THE DAY OF RECKONING!
John and I
immediately began questioning how the contents
of all these boxes
(also known as our "air shipment")
were going to fit in our downsized home!



We are happy to report that 
everything is put away,
but are still wondering if our camel will
survive the chill in the air!


We shudder to think what we will do
when the 20 foot container
arrives!



Wednesday, March 5, 2014

IT'S OFFICIAL!

It's official!
John, Shallie and I are heading back to the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
to begin our lives stateside once again!

We are truly sad to be leaving Dubai,
but happy about returning to our family and friends!

It's been so much fun 
recapping our time here in the UAE on
HOOSIER LIFE IN DUBAI!
The posts will sure help us to remember 
our day to day life here.
We have loved every minute of it,
(with a few "It is what it is" moments thrown in),
as well as all the friends we 
have been so fortunate to make
and all the things 
we have been so fortunate to see and do!
Our final flight out of
           DUBAI           
will be on April 4 and we will arrive in
INDIANAPOLIS
one month from today: April 5! 

Who knows!  
This blog may turn out to be 
HOOSIER LIFE AS A REPATRIATE,
because I'm sure that will be a story to tell!
Hopefully, it will be a good one!