I am approaching the age of 50 and am keenly aware of how aging is impacting my body. While I have made no significant or noteworthy changes to my diet or lifestyle in the last few years, I can say that additional weight has decided to attach itself to my midsection and does not want to part from me. 😆 I remember in my youth and “golden age” (what I call the 30s–when you are…
My last international travel, pre COVID, was to Ukraine in November of 2019. In hindsight I am beyond thankful I made that trip because we had no idea what the world had in store for Ukraine. I spent a week in Kiev including a two-day tour that took me north to Chernobyl which was the primary aim of the trip. Mid November brings, just as it did then, Fall Break (a week off from work/school)…
Returning from the summer in Dalyan, I moved into my next stage of life in Turkey–moving out of the “lojman”–a worker’s residence building–and into an apartment off-site from the school. I guess you could say I “graduated” as my seniority of employment put me towards the top of the list when an off-site apartment was vacated by another foreign employee. Before moving to Dalyan for the summer I had boxed and packed up all of…