who's that girl?

welcome to my blog!

the girlinthedr is a almost-thirty (gasp!) woman living in the dominican republic with her husband and two kids.

i've been here since 2004. about every six months i sit down and write a list of pros and cons of living here. the pros always outweigh the cons so here we are. on the top of the "pros" list is: weather.

taboo to talk about weather?

not when you live an hour from the beach and can go there almost any time of year.

my schedule was way more flexible when i worked from home, but some things happened and some doors were opened and now. now! now, i teach at one of the local, private universities. i never imagined being a teacher, let alone a professor. funny how life turns out.

i also never thought i'd get married and have kids. and here i am, married with kids. amalio, my husband, is from cabrera - a lovely seaside town on the north coast of the dr - transplanted to our current non-seaside town about 12 years ago. he's a teacher, too. can you imagine that mess in our house? two lots of teacher mess. luckily, he was promoted last year to the equivalent of vice-principal of a high school close by. more work, less papers.

samil and amely - the principe and princesa - have turned our lives upside down. samil is calm and collected, with only the occasional tantrum, loves to draw and sing songs. he tells us when he's tired and mostly eats what we give him. (except the "yuckies" like onions or cooked peppers)

amely, however, is a fireball. tantrum after tantrum i've learned patience and that time out should be somewhere not in front of the tv. she loves to dance. and dance some more. and when she grows up she'd like to be a ballelina, please.