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Stop Poking At Me | Girl in the Rain
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Girl in the Rain. A Displaced Seattleite Wandering the Globe. Friday, February 22, 2013. Stop Poking At Me. At 5:59 pm by graceandpoise. So yeah. I’m feeling stupid, uncomfortable, overwhelmed, clumsy, and ugly. I am. 8220;glowing.”. Take one of the many recent examples: my husband and I were innocently walking down the street on our way to a sandwich shop. As we passed a group of people talking to one another, one of them stopped in mid-sentence and yelled out, “Ooooo, girl! Yes, I currently have a medi...
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A “Tour” of Duty | Girl in the Rain
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Girl in the Rain. A Displaced Seattleite Wandering the Globe. Saturday, July 13, 2013. A “Tour” of Duty. At 4:44 pm by graceandpoise. A lot has changed over the past three years. At work, Husband and I have both gotten promotions, and we learned a lot about how the DC side of the sausage gets made. At home, we invested in some pieces of “grown-up” furniture, learned – or invented – a few good new recipes, and welcomed a new tiny human into our family. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Western Park Days | The Diplodocus
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Sticking My Neck Out for America. August 29, 2012. Posted by KG in Uncategorized. Best of Glacier and Yellowstone 2012. A set on Flickr. During the last leg of our vacation, fellow travelers asked us to compare the two parks, with the unspoken expectation to describe one as better than the other. But the two are so different that such comparisons ring false. Both are majestic expanses of America, and yet both scratch decidedly different itches. Look at where we are. No comments yet — be the first.
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Must-read blogs by US Foreign Service Officers | July 3, 2013 | SmartWar.org
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Must-read blogs by US Foreign Service Officers. On 7/03/13 – Blog. Whether you’re interested in joining the US Foreign Service or want to gain a better idea of what life is really like for American diplomats, reading blogs written by FSOs and their families provides a great, personal perspective on the American foreign policy machine from Foggy Bottom to the world over. Take a look at some of these blogs for a more personal perspective. 8211; An FSO mother and wife discusses foreign culture and life (bon...
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Linguistic Murder | Girl in the Rain
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Girl in the Rain. A Displaced Seattleite Wandering the Globe. Monday, December 3, 2012. At 4:47 pm by graceandpoise. So I’ve been in Serbo-Croatian (“Serbian Variant”) language classes since right around Labor Day. I can construct some complete sentences now. Sometimes those sentences are grammatically correct. Sometimes. A couple of weeks ago, one of the instructors told me, “You really need to murder your Bulgarian – it’s holding you back.”. Why must one die for the other to live? How could the spellin...
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Yeah, but what to you DO? | Girl in the Rain
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Girl in the Rain. A Displaced Seattleite Wandering the Globe. Saturday, September 15, 2012. Yeah, but what to you DO? Posted in Foreign Service Life. At 11:14 am by graceandpoise. I get that question a lot. Like a last weekend, when I met a bunch of my husband’s high-school friends. “Oh, so you work in embassies? But what do you DO? Thus, I was happy to see an article in Foreign Policy. Welcome to the U.S. Foreign Service.”. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Well, the President Knows… | Girl in the Rain
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Girl in the Rain. A Displaced Seattleite Wandering the Globe. Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Well, the President Knows…. Posted in Foreign Service Life. At 4:48 pm by graceandpoise. The following was heartening to read today in President Obama’s letter to federal employees:. 8230;] Today, I wanted to take a moment to tell you what you mean to me — and to our country. Well said, Mr. President. Now, if only we could get the American public, or at least other politicians, to see things this way. 1 Comment ».
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A Sad Day for the Foreign Service | Girl in the Rain
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Girl in the Rain. A Displaced Seattleite Wandering the Globe. Wednesday, September 12, 2012. A Sad Day for the Foreign Service. Posted in Foreign Service Life. At 6:52 pm by graceandpoise. My thoughts and my heart go out to the friends, family, and other loved ones of the four Americans who lost their lives in Benghazi last night. 8216;s eloquence from earlier today:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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Through the First Gate | The Big Earth
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Navigating the Foreign Service. A Little About Me. Wǒ néng jiǎng Zhǒng wén? Through the First Gate. June 30, 2010. I honestly intended to write more frequently in this blog, somewhere around one or two entries a week. Clearly that hasn’t been happening. But today is definitely a good day for a post because I found out that I passed the FSOT! Ok, so about the news. I want to know my score! One would expect that a letter stating that you had passed would include your passing score. Apparently, thatR...
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