Hey there! My name is Melanie. In my mid-40’s, past my expected half-life expectancy, with the need to find myself again.

SQU#4011

There were several changes that I made to my daily life upon realizing that I was pregnant. Somewhere I read that cat urine/litter was harmful to the fetus so cleaning out the cats’ litter box was instantly off my list of chores. But to be honest, that was always a task that I had avoided…

Googles

As the rest of the world seemed to function best with every thing google-y, before moving abroad I decided to create a Gmail Account of my own. Keeping in the mind that Google (including my old harmless fitness website) was banned in China, I did it anyways. My old-school Microsoft email created in the mid…

“Little Shrimpy Things”

Before moving to China I had mentioned to my friends that I would start a blog. Of course, as good friends go (and fortunately my life is filled with lovely spirits), they were very supportive of my idea; some having never traveled internationally and would probably benefit greatly living through me. What an honor. What…

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