As I have done for a few years, I traveled for fall break and was able to celebrate my birthday in a new city and country. It may have been the last time I can do this for a few years as the calendar is shifting and my birthday may no longer fall within the fall break holiday. BUT, this past November it did. Before I get into the trip, I want to share that…
If you look back at my high school yearbook (1992) you would read that I planned to pursue International Affairs and Foreign Language. In reality, my higher educational pursuits did not include either of those. But interestingly, I have had “affairs” with international men (for example, I married and divorced a Mongolian man; my current boyfriend is Turkish and we’ve been together two and a half years). I am only now working on learning, however…
As usual, I am behind in sharing posts about my travel. 🙄 I think about writing and talk about writing way more than I do the actual writing. I want to change that in this new year. Now that I am back in balance with sleeping and exercise (see previous post about What I Value), maybe I can advance to increasing the time I spend writing, reading, and studying Turkish (as mentioned in my word…