Tag Archives: America
Couldn’t Lexile
Q&A: What was something you couldn’t do today? Go to lunch with my husband and Fallon to get spicy ramen soup from Kanpai Restaurant. They left at noon and I had to be at work at 12:45 to make copies … Continue reading
America as an Empire
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace,” said Jimi Hendrix, an influential rock guitarist, in the mid-twentieth century.5 The world is far from realizing this utopia as children still fight over ownership … Continue reading
First Duty Day in Bahrain
Took Caleb to work by 5:45 and made it home without accident – not that much traffic so early. Speaking of, I get a text from Uncle Ed. We got a notification in the mail of two toll road violations … Continue reading
Last Day In the United States
Tristan woke up at 5am, but grandma and great-grandma weren’t ready to get up yet, so they lay him between them and went back to sleep. I got out of bed at 7am when Kris got up and Caleb followed. … Continue reading
Goodbye West Coast
Caleb sat on one end of the couch and I used him as a pillow and his sweater as a blanket. Sleep came faster than I thought and I slept soundly until the alarm went off at 4am. We grabbed … Continue reading