Where in the World?!

Husband and I managed to stay in one place for 9 years! That’s almost long enough to call D.C home.

It was a very long time in the making but work has now picked us up and dropped us in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Yes, I know, I had not heard of this place before I was told we were moving here._100986820_tajikistan

Tajikistan is located in Central Asia. Bordered by Afghanistan (nothing to worry about – probably the safest place I’ve lived in a while), China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

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That little tower over there … That’s the Afghanistan Border

The main languages are Russian and Tajik so it’s been a bit challenging communicating at times but I’m taking Russian lessons and maybe by the end of the next two years I will be able to form a full sentence. Zoe of course is picking up the language super quickly and already has 1-10 almost down along with her new favorite word – нет (Nyet = NO)

We are living in the capital city, Dushanbe. The people are friendly and the nearby snowcapped mountains are beautiful. We’ve had the opportunity to go exploring within the country and beyond and are definitely looking forward to travelling loads more while we are here.

We still have loads more exploring to do and I promise I will (try) keep up with sharing.

PS – We use the Osprey Pogo Ag child carrier and so far it has been great!

Hello Old Friend

Wow … Am I really going to blow the dust off this blog again? 

You may have noticed that this is a trend. Motivated and inspired to radio silence and back again. Can someone please continue to give me a kick up the butt to keep this thing going each time I slip!

I miss my writing, I miss my therapy but so much has happened since I last logged off.

Let’s see:

  1. Baby turned 1
  2. Baby turned 2!
  3. We moved to Tajikistan! Yes I know … I’ll give you a map…
  4. I got to experience being a SAHM
  5. I got to go back to work…
  6. So many travels
  7. So many road trips
  8. So many new friends and new experiences!

I will do my best to catch everyone up and at the same time try not to put you to sleep!

Zoe sleeping

Over Share Anxiety

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted. Truth be told I have a few pieces written and saved on my computer but I’m having trouble pushing the publish button.

Since getting back into blogging I’ve had such wonderful feedback from friends and strangers alike and everyone’s been so encouraging, but for some reason I am once again doubting myself and my boundaries. I know… who knew I had boundaries!?!

My whole goal for starting this blog was to put forward complete open and honest conversation about things that I’m going through in life. But that does mean opening up and being somewhat vulnerable. Some of my planned topics are very raw and do contain somewhat graphic mental images about myself and my life.

So I guess the point of this quick post is to tell myself to suck it up and keep writing; to hold myself accountable to continue to do something that I enjoy.

OK I feel better now… thanks for listening!