Santa gig
Last week’s socializing concluded with a nice outdoor party at the Consul General’s residence last Sunday evening. It was a nice event and a good way to top off the week.
Monday through Wednesday of this week, I filled in for the non-immigrant visa chief. It was a lot of fun to get back to NIV work; it reminded me a lot of our work back in Juarez.
Friday night we went to Ana’s house for her annual posada – she is a local staff member in my section and she has done this annual party for at least the last 25 years. It was very quaint with traditional singing and tamales.
Yesterday morning we Skyped with a young lady who is interested in the Foreign Service, which was fun. Other than that, we had a “no progress” day, a term they use back at FSI. For us, it meant ignoring all the work still left to do from unpacking; instead we watched a lot of TV and ordered a pizza – a day of recharging our batteries. We were treated to a lovely sunset at day’s end.
Sunset