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As you may or may not have heard, I started a new blog titled How to Marry A Bulgarian.

Those of you have been here for a while will notice that it's not really a NEW blog per se. It's rather a collection of topical entries documenting the adventurous life of Prof. Grady and I. That and, of course, all the new stuff that I will be writing about starting today.

There are many reasons why I decided to do this:

• In the last few months I have realized that writing about the comedic aspects of our family affairs gives me great joy and pleasure. The stories about our little weird issues and misunderstandings are by far my favorite stories on this blog.

• Writing my feminist blog helped me realize how much easier it is to write regularly if your blog is at least somewhat topical. It is easier to generate ideas. It is easier to keep things up. And easy is good. Easy helps you write more.

• Ever since I started writing about the bureaucratic issues with Kyle's residence permit and my green card application, I have been receiving numerous emails from other Bulgarians marrying non-Bulgarians or non-Bulgarians trying to make sense of or seek advice about their marriage to one of my fellow countrymen/women. It seems that a lot of us are going through a lot of the same trials and tribulations. So I would like to use the new blog to bring us all a little bit closer together. I hope it will be a place to chat, get the info that you need but also laugh about that thing we've gotten ourselves into.

• Most importantly, however, I think that the blog will be interesting to all people who are dealing with other kinds of non-traditional relationship arrangements. Because all those things that may appear as obstacles at some point or another, really make our relationships that much more special and are often PRETTY DAMN FUNNY.

I might or might not write here. I haven't decided yet. But I promise to keep you posted. For now, check out How to Marry A Bulgarian, bookmark it, subscribe to the RSS feed and if you haven't said hi to me already, be sure to do so ASAP.

Much love to you all!

He lives

I'm at Saints. The guy sitting next to me has the exact same voice and accent as Borat.
From what I've gathered so far, he's a visiting math professor from Russia.

It was a good day

I had the biggest ice-cream cone of my life today, which made me very proud of myself.

Me: I finished it all by myself!!! I didn't even need to use a napkin!!!
Prof. Grady: Yeah. What you just said is the Pennsylvania version of that Ice Cube song, It was a Good Day.



So...yeah... We're doing pretty well these days. How have you been?