I spent three days this week in a class called “Regulations, Allowances, and Finances in the Foreign Service Context.” Going in, I expected to be bored out of my mind by piles of useful information. Instead, I was mildly interested and completely overwhelmed by the piles of useful information. My main concern now is: Is it bad that my To Do list consists mostly of other To Do lists?
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Yesterday was Shawn’s official Swearing-In Ceremony at the Department of State. Not only was it held in the most impressive looking room I’ve ever seen, but the key-note speaker was none other than Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Tuesday was Flag Day, which is the day that all the members of the current A-100 class find out their first overseas assignment. It took place in the Field House on the campus of the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington at 3pm. The employees had been forced to sit through normal classes all day, but were released early to meet the throngs of family and friends that descended upon FSI to show their support (and in the case of the spouses, find out their own fate as well).