... so little time to write!
As expected, the pace of life picks up exponentially with the end in sight.
It's "report season" at work - just finished V2 of the Human Rights Report, will start drafting the Child Labor Report next week, and then the Trafficking in Persons report starts up the following week. Also trying to squeeze in a talk at a university on "human rights and foreign policy" and observing a training session an NGO is doing on LGBT human rights - and that's all before the end of this month. Not to mention a last minute visit with Mrs. Missouri International, a very kind Filipina-American advocating for trafficking victims, who visited the Embassy today.
Our New Year's Cards should be in the mail on Wednesday (if you didn't get one, and want one, we have some extras - just let me know your address :) ). They're a little late, since I opted to have them designed and printed here - which of course took longer than I had budgeted for. But, better late than never!
We've managed to discover and go back to Seaside, an open fish market / restaurant walking distance to our house. That deserves a photo blog post of its own. And we're off for Operation Baby Dive tomorrow morning - another blog post required! And we've started filling out forms for our upcoming move, scheduling our move survey and pack out. Gack.
Not to mention the progress of the house hunt (two contenders currently standing). And all the things all three boys are doing. Wm just learned how to ride a two wheeler (of course, now we feel like we need to get a second bike, so Patch can have one to ride with training wheels). Patch is so close to being able to swim on his own. Ian can roll both ways and he squirms across the floor when he's on his tummy.
It's non-stop activity at our place! I know parents talk about limiting "screen time," but the only way we can seem to get Wm and Patch to sit still is playing a game on the iPad.
Re-reading, this is not very coherent or organized, but that mirrors my mental state right now. I think I'll regain my sanity in September, after we've moved in, unpacked, started jobs and school.
As expected, the pace of life picks up exponentially with the end in sight.
It's "report season" at work - just finished V2 of the Human Rights Report, will start drafting the Child Labor Report next week, and then the Trafficking in Persons report starts up the following week. Also trying to squeeze in a talk at a university on "human rights and foreign policy" and observing a training session an NGO is doing on LGBT human rights - and that's all before the end of this month. Not to mention a last minute visit with Mrs. Missouri International, a very kind Filipina-American advocating for trafficking victims, who visited the Embassy today.
Our New Year's Cards should be in the mail on Wednesday (if you didn't get one, and want one, we have some extras - just let me know your address :) ). They're a little late, since I opted to have them designed and printed here - which of course took longer than I had budgeted for. But, better late than never!
We've managed to discover and go back to Seaside, an open fish market / restaurant walking distance to our house. That deserves a photo blog post of its own. And we're off for Operation Baby Dive tomorrow morning - another blog post required! And we've started filling out forms for our upcoming move, scheduling our move survey and pack out. Gack.
Not to mention the progress of the house hunt (two contenders currently standing). And all the things all three boys are doing. Wm just learned how to ride a two wheeler (of course, now we feel like we need to get a second bike, so Patch can have one to ride with training wheels). Patch is so close to being able to swim on his own. Ian can roll both ways and he squirms across the floor when he's on his tummy.
It's non-stop activity at our place! I know parents talk about limiting "screen time," but the only way we can seem to get Wm and Patch to sit still is playing a game on the iPad.
Re-reading, this is not very coherent or organized, but that mirrors my mental state right now. I think I'll regain my sanity in September, after we've moved in, unpacked, started jobs and school.
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