Kat | Bright Lights of America

The musings of an Aussie expat trying to figure out life in the United States.

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

Me, buying a red Christmas outfit for the kiddo in early December, thinking I’m smart and getting ahead of last minute daycare clothing requests.

Daycare, with 1 day’s notice: Please have her wear green on Friday.

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Can I pretend I didn’t see it?

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@tspadventure 11 out of 20 isn’t too bad, I guess 😉

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@travelonthereg It got better as I got older (from child/teen years) and I had a bit of a reprieve but it came back with a vengence on my last flight… so, maybe?

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@Clarissa_Laskey So pretty!!

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

I aim to be this mum

[meghan @deloisivete]

Shout out to the mom who signed up for paper plates within seconds of the class holiday party list going live

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@RTWBarefoot @travelexx Very strange, but not always unwelcome. I think I loved the late sunsets in Belgium particularly.

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

Never been quite as seasonally depressed as when I was working through a London winter. No sun before getting to the office, no sun after leaving for the day. Brutal.

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@travelexx I feel bad for people who’ve lived there all their lives but I guess it’s just normal for them.

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@BuddyGoldenDog

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@TravelBugBee There’s something about the muppets that makes it an even better story somehow 🥰

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

The single greatest version. Prove me wrong.

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

Christmas is the season of Dickens and I think we all know who I'm referring to

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@cah1880 You have a lot of misplaced faith in my abilities 😂

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

Catching up on #GBBO, do I attempt Colin the Caterpillar 🐛 for Little Miss’s birthday?

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@betweenengland I’m currently up with my jet lagged toddler at 1am. Please teach her your ways

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

After my second solo 14 hour flight with a toddler in three weeks, I can confidently say, never again. Everyone can visit me from this second on. Someone invent teleportation.

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@_deeflorence 🤣

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@_deeflorence The most brutal way to wake up on a weekend

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

@tspadventure Congratulations, that’s fantastic!

[Kat | Bright Lights of America @krasf]

Customer service phone lines that don’t tell you where you are in the queue or offer a callback are awful. Maybe I’m too American now.