I’ll see your $3, and raise you $11.

We’ve had a lot of friends leave the country to move back to America. It’s sad. It’s especially difficult to explain this to Chickpea, who continually asks of the whereabouts of Uncle Bruce and Aunt Jane, why she hasn’t seen Elijah at fellowship, and why Ansley can’t come over to play.

This is the part of expat life that just stinks. For those going, and for those left.

The one solace is getting a laugh over reports of our friends dealing with Americans complaining about gas prices, and then watching people’s faces as they explain that gas here is roughly $14 a gallon.

Yeah, I’ll show you high gas prices. That’s what our expat friends are thinking.