the sorry state of my french skills
It’s been over a month since our French training ended. How are we keeping up our French skills? Well, that’s a good question… Continue reading
Author Archives: Alex
immigrant visas
For the past week or so our ConGen class has focused on immigrant visas. Here’s a bit about what we’ve been learning. Continue reading
beautiful miracle or total pain?
Alex’s thoughts on pregnancy thus far. Continue reading
citizenship 101
Last week we both started the six-week basic consular course, or ConGen in foreign service speak. Here’s a bit about what we’ve been learning so far. Continue reading
baby stresses
Alex is far enough along now that we’re starting to feel the need to make plans. Like what to buy. What books to read. What classes to sign up for. How much maternity leave to take. Where exactly to spend it. These are daunting questions for all first-time parents, but it seems like everything is doubly hard for us because of our impending move to Benin. Continue reading
christmas vacation continues
Thanks to the good luck of a training schedule that doesn’t start back up until January 6 and a smattering of distance learning classes that have allowed to me to still do work on official work days, our holiday celebrations haven’t ended just yet. You’ll have to endure one more holiday-themed post from us. Sorry!
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a not very state department christmas
We got a few State Department-related gifts this year, but not too many. Continue reading
the holiday letter & other traditions
With our holiday letters finally in the mail, we share some thoughts on this and other holiday traditions. Continue reading
take that, french language
Good news for you Foreign Service folks, especially those bound for Francophone countries: Perhaps FSI’s French Department is finally relaxing its standards, because today they deemed me proficient in the French language! Continue reading
what’s in a name
“I’ll change my name when we have kids,” I told Andy when we got married. Well, now we’re having a kid, so I find myself returning to the great name debate. Continue reading