swearing in ceremony
Patrick’s parents arrive on Thursday afternoon. They came to watch their son take his oath of office, the one he’s been waiting to take for the past 5 years, he […]
Category Archives: A-100
the winner is… not us.
Sorry I am posting this so late. I’ve been reeling from the news of our inevitable future and haven’t had the energy to write about Flag Day. Flag Day was on Friday and […]
we’ve done all we can do… now we wait… again
I’ve been putting off writing this post because it will force me to think through the weight of what we did last Sunday night. We turned in our bid list. […]
the bid list…
We will finally receive our bid list tonight at 5:00 (or 13:00 now, bc all of Patrick’s paper work is on military time). Patrick has promised not to look it […]
a welcome reception
Tonight we are meeting all the other people in Patrick’s A-100 class (about 90 others) at a welcome reception that the previous class is hosting. It seems this whole FS […]
The Waiting is Over… for Now
We received Patrick’s invite to the September A-100 Class! I was so excited I was cheering and jumping up and down. I even woke the baby. Patrick decided he wanted […]
On the Registry
We got a letter on Friday telling us that Patrick’s clearances had gone through and that he was now on the registry. He is #18 of 55. This is fantastic […]
A Diplomat's Wife 