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So, This is How Weird My Life Is
I am a woman of a certain age. An age, shall we say, when many of us start to think more about the big picture, and less about how to get through each day. Options, in some ways are narrower. The...
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Neither Here Nor There
That’s where we are right now. In a few weeks we find out: 1.) Whether we will still be in the Foreign Service by next summer. 2.) Whether we will be going back to DC or to another overseas post. #1 is...
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Handshake Season
Bids on our next assignment were due on Friday. We had sent ours in before that: at the senior level, there just aren’t anywhere near as many posts to choose from, so it wasn’t all that difficult to...
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Handshake!
And the winner is…Warsaw! We are so psyched! Yes, it will be freaking cold, and I hate being cold, but as hardships go, that’s manageable. And hey, by now, I have the gear to deal with it. I never...
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Educating Square Pegs in the Foreign Service
Been there and done that: on finding the right school at post when your kid is a little different!
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So, Apparently Overseas Schools Are a Thing
Following up on Educating Square Pegs in the Foreign Service: quotes from the online community and ideas for improving the situation.
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Expat Focus Interview
Expat Focus is a website for anyone moving or living abroad. Expat Experiences on the site are very similar to Real Post Reports with the additional benefit of links to the interviewees’ blogs for more...
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My Real Post Report on Warsaw
Real Post Reports are an awesome online resource for Foreign Service and expatriate families, with first-person reviews of life in cities all over the world. If you don’t know about the RPR website,...
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It’s All Good
We got some big news this week. My husband’s curtailment request has been approved. We’ll be moving back to DC next summer, instead of in 2018 as originally scheduled. The Diplomat needs to go home...
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My Trailing Spouse Resumé
Overview After 29 years experience as a expatriate spouse, 17 of them overseas, I bring a unique perspective to any crazy venture. With 10 international moves under my belt to date, my vocabulary of...
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