{"id":3052,"date":"2014-05-18T06:13:05","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T12:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:35:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T02:35:52","slug":"atta-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=3052","title":{"rendered":"Atta boy!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Receiving his award from the Ambassador<\/p><\/div>\n

The highlight of the week was the Embassy awards ceremony – John received a Meritorious Honor Award from the project director of the new Embassy compound. Quite a nice recognition for the great work he’s done all year!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last Sunday we were on lockdown since national politician and former cricket star Imran Khan had a large protest. We enjoyed the day at home, thanks, Imran! In the late afternoon, we went through our secret door to Sarah’s house and sat on her balcony with a glass of wine, enjoying the nice afternoon weather. I took this cool photo of their dog, Inca.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Inca<\/p><\/div>\n

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The week was a whirlwind of activity. Wednesday after work I attended a good photography class on the compound, given by Sully, a co-worker and excellent teacher.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, John and I walked over to Lydia and Cesar’s rooftop party in honor of Nina, who departed later in the week. It was a beautiful night and lovely to be out on the roof with friends.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday was happy hour after work, then John and I went to Christy’s for a surprise dinner party for Joe and Julie, who will be leaving soon. Christy made her famous enchiladas, and Poonam made an out-of-this-world Navajo green chile stew from her home state of New Mexico – and Indian fry bread – yum!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday I went to the office to do a few odds and ends. Luckily I was able to trap Mittens, a little tortie who has a bad abscess on the base of her tail. I ran her over to the vet when he opened, then met Brad briefly at the F6 market to run a couple of errands. After a relaxing afternoon at the spa, John and I went to a lovely outdoor party in honor of Darlene, also departing post. We stayed for a hour or so, then hurried over to the Serena Hotel for the wedding of our co-workers Zia and Anna. Zia is of Pakistani descent, so this was their Pakistani wedding – to be followed by an American-style wedding stateside. It was lovely to see everyone all dressed up! Congrats to Anna and Zia – two super people!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This morning we went to Joseph and Sunera’s for brunch and then afternoon Settlers of Catan (I watched and read magazines). In honor of Joseph’s birthday, John had this birthday cake made for him in honor of Settlers – you geeks will “get it”!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Joseph and Sunera<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brick, wood, sheep, wheat, and ore<\/p><\/div>\n

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My early morning gym friend Meghan has started a 6AM spin class that I am really enjoying. While I’m normally at the gym and either doing strength training or cardio (usually on the spin bikes) every morning by 6AM, this is a fun change of pace and a really great workout.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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