I sometimes think we expats (or maybe it's just me?) try to push out of our minds the fact that we even have families so as to miss them less. Because when you see your family once a year (if that) pretending they don't really exist is a.) not that difficult and b.) easier than admitting how much it sucks to be so far away.
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Social Endeavors /
I don't always feel lucky to live in the country. While I don't think I was ever a true city person (as evidenced in my very brief affair with living in New York City) there are obvious perks to residing in the middle of it all. Delivery pizza and a bar scene come to mind. Though I've recently perfected the homemade pizza there is little to no social life happening in my small town. I mean, we don't even have a gas station let alone a watering hole (at least not one I would want to frequent).Don't get me wrong though, things could be (and have been) worse.
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