Same Old, Same Old

On the rare occasion when I catch a friend/family member (most recently my cousin) for a phone conversation I have a tendency to say “Same old stuff” in reply to what we are doing as a family or how I am doing with the move to India.  It may seem like a wall I am putting up so I do not have to share details but truly a lot of this is very much the same, just different locations.  As for myself, I am actively involved in the parent/school association at the American Embassy School where the kids all attend classes.  I am a member in some groups offered to expats in the New Delhi area, (American Welcome Association and Delhi Network to name just two such organizations), I bake regularly for our gluten free household and volunteer (less through the church here and more directly with the charity/NGO themselves).  The kids attend school like they always would, study hard and are involved in lots of after school activities.  Much of it is the same old stuff just different locations.

Recently the schools celebrated National Peace Day on September 21.  School assemblies gathered and both of our girls participated in peace presentations.  One though music and the other through dance, both were amazing.  While reading the district updates from our US home local school district I was struck by how same old, same old we really are.  At the middle school where my children would/have attend/ed I read how an art teacher lead a National Peace Day celebration locally in the front of the middle school.  The art students made pinwheels and all were placed in the lawn area in front of the school for a Whirled Peace Day celebration.  It really is a lot of the same stuff, just different locations.  Send an email, we would love to hear from YOU, same or different, what is happening on your side of the world (or whirled)?