Saturday, June 7, 2014

Last Saturday??

could this be my last Saturday here in Atyrau, Kazakhstan??  If all goes well with our visas, this may well be my last Saturday here.

As I sit out here on my patio I’m choosing to slow down just for a while (because there’s a million and one things to get done!!)

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I’m not going to deny it – I am an expat.  I get that adrenaline rush when my hubby tells me that it’s time to move again.  I love it.   It’s exciting.  A new country, a new city, new opportunities, new relationships and of course the challenges.  I would be in denial if I did not admit that there are challenges.

there are so many emotions all at the same time but I don’t think I would want it any other way. 

Stay too long in one place and I start to get this itch, like I can’t sit still and little things that only happen in the location that I’m currently calling home,  start to bug me.  Yes that’s what happened in Bangkok.  4 years felt a little too long.

This time around – we are leaving just before we would hit our 3rd year. But  I feel ready.  3 Kazakhstan winters is good enough.  I am at peace to leave and for my family we feel like we are leaving at a good time. 

Of course I’m going to miss the place, the people and the community. And I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t.

Don’t cry because it’s over. SMILE because it happened. 

Dr Seuss

this week I’ll share photo’s of our past 2 years, 11 months here. 

It’s been a joy.

2 comments:

Mari said...

Glad you are ready to go. I would never survive the moving so far, so frequently. I am a homebody and have never moved more than 30 minutes from my childhood home!

nadine paduart said...

oh well, there's the answer to my above question already: no more snowy winters for you guys. has it been 3 winters for you??? my, time flies.
you didn't of course spill the beans about your next destination yet. x
n♥

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