Tagged: americanabroad

The air here smells right, the water here tastes right. My body remembers Michigan. There are red-breasted robins and grey squirrels and black squirrels in the yard. There are 2 pairs of cardinals flitting around. There are deer walking through the woods…the snowy woods. We have been shopping 4 of the 5 days we have been here, for clothes, for books, for CDs, for food, for STUFF. We have been to a hockey game and our presence meant that the Detroit Redwings won 3-0 (we have the Magic Power). We’ve had our pictures taken and we’ve been up at 4...

laundry – 3 loads 2 loads 1 load send final translation project scrape tank and change water in aquarium clean bathtub drain empty wastepaper baskets water plants buy last present collect cameras – batteries – cards select activity books for kids fill kids’ backpacks pick up kid’s department dust and vacuum house go for a walk in the spring sunshine, buy pansies at the nursery, clean up the front garden beds and plant them in pots empty fridge set timers put “ingen reklam” sticker on mailbox call farmor and farfar with flight info check michigan weather online one more time...

One thing that seems to define most expats that I’ve met is their craving for things from home that they can no longer get, and the strongest feelings alway seem to be engendered by candy. jes6ica wrote a post earlier about childhood desserts and sweets that she missed and it got me thinking about it again. It’s always been amusing to me that if you put any group of expats together, after a while the conversation will inevitably turn to food and suddenly people are moaning longingly about Pop-Tarts and Tim Tams and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Here in Sweden,...