For those of you who’ve been following along, lighting candles, sacrificing toner cartridges, or simply shaking your heads knowingly, I’m happy to report a small but meaningful victory in our ongoing Social Security saga. Kristie’s account is now showing as ACTIVE. No fanfare or trumpet blast, just a quiet status change on a website. Which,Continue reading “Another Bureaucratic Update: The Waiting Worked!”
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Bureaucratic Update: We Have (Partial) Lift-off
For those of you who have been following along (and possibly lighting candles for us), a quick update on our Social Security Suspension Saga. After a full 90 minutes of redialing, followed by five minutes of actual ringing (during which I refused to hang up on principle), I finally reached a human being at theContinue reading “Bureaucratic Update: We Have (Partial) Lift-off”
Me as a Portuguese businessman
This is going to be another one of those articles where I expose uncertainties, so it’s going to be a little hard to write. I like to think of myself as a great planner. I do lots of research, and I try to take my time with important decisions – plus, I always have atContinue reading “Me as a Portuguese businessman”
A Modern Odyssey - Expatriates in Iberia 