{"id":5893,"date":"2019-11-17T08:39:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T13:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2019-11-17T08:39:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T13:39:29","slug":"so-much-to-do-so-little-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5893","title":{"rendered":"So much to do, so little time!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019ll miss these views!<\/p><\/div>\n

The weeks leading up to a move always fill up fast, and this week was no exception. My to-do list keeps getting longer! I\u2019ve started the process of going through closets and drawers to decide what goes in my suitcase, what goes in the small air shipment (that we\u2019ll get in about a month), and what goes in the slow-boat-to-China shipment. In addition, we will ship consumables since shopping is so expensive and limited in Liberia, so I\u2019ve been estimating how much toilet paper and\u00a0laundry detergent we\u2019ll need for the next two years – argh.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we\u2019re trying to see as many friends as possible! I had dinner with my lovely friend Stacie on Wednesday night. Joseph and Sunera came over Friday night – John made delicious homemade pizzas on (store-bought) vegetable crusts (cauliflower, butternut squash, etc.). Saturday morning we met Nick and Wendy for breakfast at the loud-but-yummy Taco Bamba – and we got to meet the very beautiful Lana for the first time (and what a happy baby, too!).<\/p>\n

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With Stacie<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wendy, Lana, and Nick<\/p><\/div>\n

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I didn\u2019t make her cry!<\/p><\/div>\n

I was happy to be invited to a small lunch with our friend, the ambassador to Angola, Nina Fite, who we worked with in Pakistan. It was fun to meet and network with other women who know her. We were in the private dining room on the 8th floor, which always feels fancy to me.<\/p>\n

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With Ambassador Fite<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019re also doing last-minute doctors\u2019 visits – this week John and I were in adjoining dentist chairs getting crowns (ouch)!<\/p>\n

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Flavie enjoying her friend the sun<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gorgeous light outside our apartment<\/p><\/div>\n

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The weeks leading up to a move always fill up fast, and this week was no exception. My to-do list keeps getting longer! I\u2019ve started the process of going through closets and drawers to decide what goes in my suitcase, what goes in the small air shipment (that we\u2019ll get in about a month), and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5901,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions\/5901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}