Casey Space

Yoga, roller skating, yarn arts, and Cappuccinos

When we left the Hanoi airport at midnight, Josh’s school principal, John, was kind enough to meet us and accompany us in the van ride to the hotel. As we bumped along and honked at the motorbikes, John turned his head back and asked, “Casey, are you willing to sub?” Now, I had just been…

A lot of people commented about how much delicious food I was going to eat. I believe this is true if you know how to read Vietnamese and are excited about eating all kinds and parts of meat. I am not vegetarian, but I am weird about meat. I am an opportunarian, which means I…

The equivalent of Uber here is called Grab. You can Grab a ride on a motorbike or a car. There are taxis also, but we haven’t figured out how to get one to come to us. Besides the driving rules being very different, we have seen some bad accidents with motorbikes, which was a demotivator…

A couple months ago, the school got us in touch with a housing broker. Her name was Hang, and she sent us links to apartments to talk about what we liked and what we didn’t like so she could get a sense of what to show us when we arrived. When I checked my email…

Travelling, finding shelter, getting around. It takes a long time to get from Boise, Idaho to Hanoi, Vietnam. When we did our basement renovation, we opted to prime and paint everything ourselves to save the money for riding Business Class on our big flight. We were advised that immigration can take 1 -4 hours after…

I’m a big fan of Marie Kondo. I’m all for taking inventory in life and letting go of things that no longer serve me or bring me joy. This sentiment sounds great until truly faced with processing 40 years of stuff. This type of work requires mental toughness. It is exhausting. We were working every…

When you leave your house, you need to make it way nicer for someone else. Basement Master Suite Before One of the first tasks on our list of things to do before we left was to make the basement look finished. We have been sleeping in the basement for many years, and making it look…