Sunday, April 19, 2009

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

It's been over a month since our return to the U.S. and, quite clearly, we've not found much time to keep this space current. The small matters of re-integrating into our lives, (one of us) going back to work, and that minor issue of (the other one of us) finding a job, not to mention the daunting and foolish task of remodeling our upstairs bathroom in our "spare" time, haven't exactly allowed the blocks of free time to keep this effort fresh.

Hopefully, that is now going to change. After much discussion and a very flattering amount of encouragement from our readers, we've decided to revive this forum. Without the daily tribulations and inherent comedic trials of our existence in the backwoods of a foreign nation, the material may be more challenging to unearth.

However, I find that life with two small children and about 10 less hours in a day than we need just to accomplish the bare minimum to keep our heads above water tends to provide a regular stream of vignettes that, were we not to find the humor inherent therein, would regularly reduce us to a puddle of tears. So, you know... let's laugh about it.

After all, this is what it's all about, right? A Runaway American Dream?

So, in the coming weeks, you will see changes to this space. A new look, more frequent and (hopefully!) shorter posts, and, well, less stories about French people. If you think we've got it completely wrong, let us know. After all, if you the reader are not entertained, what's the point of putting this all down in kilobytes? We'd be just as well to sit on the couch and chat with each other over a nice glass of (really expensive) wine. Seriously though... the wine. How did we ever afford to drink this stuff? Where's that lady with the gas pump when I need her?