Wry Exchange

• Homesickness & Culture Shock
• Severe Homesickness
• Bathroom Differences-1, 2 Helpful Links
• Homesick, Depressed, or Bored?
• Food-1, 2 
• Smells, Scents, and Body Odors-1, 2
• Table Manners

Hosting-Information, advice, and stories about hosting and host families.

• Family Rules-Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• Pretend your Student is a Lab puppy
• Do you Understand?
• Preparing for Student’s Arrival
• First Night Questions for Student and Hostfamily
• Can I be a Hostparent?
• Should I be a Hostparent?
• When Shouldn’t I be a Hostparent?
• IRS Hosting Deduction
• Host Family-Home or Hotel?
• Gross out your new FES
• Hosting Horror Stories
• The Student from Hell
• Jealousy

Potential & Current Outbounds & Exchange Programs

• What to Pack 
• Lesbian and Gay Exchange Students
• Outbound-application-hints-why-3-countries 
•  Where Should I go-Part 1
• Where Should I go-Part 2
• Deciding on an Exchange Program
• What is CSIET?
• Reverse Culture Shock
• How to Pack a Year into 2 Suitcases

Other Topics I write about include:

Me-Personal posts about me, my husband, our dogs, our former exchange students, my depression, and me being bitchy.

Chef–Our son, ‘99 Inbound
P–Our son, ‘01 Inbound
Cle–Our son, ‘03 Inbound
Sparky–Our son, ‘06 Inbound