the bid list is here
We are five hours ahead of Washington, so that meant that when we left work yesterday at 1 p.m. local time (we always have short days on Fridays to make up for long days during the week), Alex’s bid...
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So, bidding. Picking your next home is fun in theory, but there’s always a but. You get the list, and there are so many amazing possibilities, but… You are only allowed to go to Russian speaking posts....
View Article170th a-100
I’m joining the 170th A-100 class. You read that right. More than two years after landing on the register, I am finally joining the Foreign Service. It seemed like everything was all set back in...
View Articlerange of emotions
When my invitation to the January A-100 came almost two weeks ago, we had already begun mentally preparing ourselves for the March class. We looked on the bright side – I’d get to spend more time in...
View Articlemeanwhile, back in benin…
While Andy’s off in D.C. meeting lots of new people and consuming all the bagels and pizza he can manage, back in Benin, life for Flynn and me continues on like much before. I go to work. Flynn heads...
View Articlebid lists and priorities
The most exciting day of A-100 is flag day, when you find out where and how you’ll be spending the next two years of your life. The second most exciting day is the day you receive your bid list, when...
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flag day take two
Loyal readers of this blog (all three or four of you) may recall that we blogged incessantly about my second tour bidding last summer, and then when assignments came out, silence. When we finally...
View Articlewe bid again
It seems like we just did this. Twice. And yet here we are again. For the third time in the last nine months, we’re looking at a bid list. Normally, Foreign Services Officers bid on their next...
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bidding by number (again)
Well, our bid lists are off in the hands of those tasked with determining our fate… the next thee years of it anyway. Much to our surprise, the research leading up to our bidding decisions wasn’t quite...
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drumroll please…
This post has been a long time coming. It’s been over three years since Andy started the process to become a Foreign Service Officer himself, and that whole time the question has been hanging over us:...
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