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Guyana hotel view (the ocean was muddy)<\/p><\/div>\n

I flew to Guyana last Sunday to work, and returned on Friday. I always enjoy going there: I like the people, there\u2019s a nice lounge at the Marriott overlooking the ocean where I have breakfast and dinner, I can walk to work, and there\u2019s a small cafeteria where I can eat inside the embassy. It\u2019s the small things. And parrots fly overhead at morning and dusk. I was there on Valentine\u2019s Day. We had cake in the morning, and in the afternoon, the local international school choir serenaded me (they do singing Valentine\u2019s as a fund-raiser). I spent two evenings in the lounge visiting with a retired Foreign Service Officer who was there working in the consular section – very nice. Monday night I worked out \u00a0during Marine boot camp – my legs hurt the rest of the week from squats!<\/p>\n

Last night we went to RT\u2019s for Cajun food with Rick and Claire – it\u2019s one of our favorites. I had she-crab soup and pecan-crusted haddock – yum!<\/p>\n

Somehow during my travel last Sunday, I completely forgot to blog! I was in town the previous week. I went to happy hour one night with Tammy, Amy, and Donna, which is always fun. Otherwise it was pretty quiet!<\/p>\n

John and worked a jigsaw puzzle this weekend, and I\u2019ve been playing online Scrabble some – fun!<\/p>\n

While at the Admirals Club in Miami, I got a selfie with Bob Cranston, who was sitting in my little reading nook – he\u2019s credited with creating the first frequent flyer programs. Thanks to that, I flew business class on the way down, so I wanted to tell him thanks!<\/p>\n

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With Bob Cranston<\/p><\/div>\n

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Morning at the Miami Airport<\/p><\/div>\n

I got this nice little email from our housekeeper in Islamabad after I sent him birthday greetings. I miss people calling me \u201cmadam,\u201d haha!<\/p>\n

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From Saleem<\/p><\/div>\n

It has dawned on me that I am beginning to look more and more like my mother. She would have turned 94 this past Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Any resemblance?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mom with Tiger as a kitten<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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