Change of plan

Life is what happens when you are making other plans. So true.

Our stay in Argentina always came with an expiry date and we were supposed to leave again after three years. Then, some months ago, we were asked to stay a year longer until the end of 2014. We thought about it and then said yes.

Now, the company that sent us here is being restructured and the husband’s position will become obsolete. Luckily, he has been offered a new position at headquarters and a good career move to boot. So at the end of the year we are moving back to Germany.

I would have never thought it possible – and had I actually taken a bet on it I would lose big time now – but I am kind of sad to go. There, I said it, and you can all laugh at me. But it is true.

While my feelings for Buenos Aires were far from love at first sight and I had a tough time settling in, I finally came to terms with my life here at some point and learned to see the positive side.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to stay in Argentina forever. But I would have loved to stay longer and enjoy this peaceful truce I had finally made with Buenos Aires. I would have liked to take more of those good feelings and encounters with me that I have experienced lately. Because this is what living in a foreign country is all about … or should be.

My inner bitch feels cheated and is hollering: “Really??? I have struggled so hard and now that I finally started to have fun in this place I have to move on? You must be joking!”

But then my inner guru shuts her up by saying: “So it took you longer to settle in this time? Well, shit happens. You had some good times and met wonderful people along the way, and this will stay with you forever. So stop whining!”

Of course, my inner guru is right. So that’s what I will do. I will stop whining and try to make the most of the rest of our time on this side of the globe.

I will keep you posted.