Dears,  We’re teetering on our sixth month anniversary in Abu Dhabi. I’ve owned homes for briefer periods of time. I’ve had long-term boyfriends in shorter timeframes. I have stayed less long in countries I have loved more. The other day, I told Allan that I needed to take a trip because I was sick and tired of being at…

Dears, I was feeling pretty blue after the pink-city fiasco last Thursday. Then yesterday, there was a misinterpretation snafu at work — not worth mentioning in detail. I found myself suffering from a bad case of expatitus volatilus: sudden weepiness, excessive sleeping, and wishing to be tele-transported home but conflicted by a commitment made to host country and company. Sometimes the only option…