Two Years in The Netherlands
December 1st marked 2 years since we landed in The Netherlands as fresh immigrants with the intent to stay. On the one hand, it feels like we've been here forever because we are well established and it feels so right. On the other, my heartrate still rises and anxiety zips up my spine when I think about Tacoma. It's not that Tacoma is awful and it's not that I didn't enjoy my time there over the summer. It's just that, even after 2 years away, I'm still not fully disentangled from it's problems. I'm really not sure how to organize my thoughts on this post, so let's just dive in and see where I end up. Our lifestyle here has become so comfortable and comparatively stress-free. It is exactly the kind of day-to-day that we were trying to carve out for ourselves in the US, but were blocked by so many things that we had no power to change. We are happy. We no longer need a car to get anywhere and we can easily access the rest of Europe. Our kids ar...