{"id":5943,"date":"2020-01-05T02:59:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T07:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5943"},"modified":"2020-01-05T03:02:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T08:02:36","slug":"good-riddance-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5943","title":{"rendered":"Good riddance, 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maybe I shouldn\u2019t be so harsh about 2019, but my six-month hiatus while my leg healed wasn\u2019t what I envisioned this time last year! On the upside, everyone was exceedingly kind to me, and I am grateful we had the resources to get the care I needed – great surgeons, nurses, caregivers, and physical therapists. And Department of State was so supportive of John and me while we were delayed getting to Monrovia – so there were lots of silver linings…but OUCH.<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t get too crazy on New Year\u2019s Eve, and by that, I mean we were asleep by 10 PM! I spent most of NY Day at the office trying to get caught up (an uphill battle). This week, I started going to the office early in the morning so I can work out in the embassy gym before work – so I\u2019m proud of myself for starting to get back in the workout groove.<\/p>\n

Yesterday evening we went to the Ambassador\u2019s residence for \u201csundowners.\u201d We spent a lovely evening with her, her husband, and another couple having a cocktail and watching the sun go down – so nice to be able to visit outside the office. She sent us home with bonus lettuce from the garden – a treat!<\/p>\n

This past week we spent several evenings upstairs hanging out with Lucy the Chihuahua while her mom was on vacation – what a sweetie!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s hoping 2020 is accident free!<\/p>\n

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With upstairs neighbor Lucy<\/p><\/div>\n

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Enjoying sundowners and sundown<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the many K-Ks around town<\/p><\/div>\n

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Beach view<\/p><\/div>\n

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Maybe I shouldn\u2019t be so harsh about 2019, but my six-month hiatus while my leg healed wasn\u2019t what I envisioned this time last year! On the upside, everyone was exceedingly kind to me, and I am grateful we had the resources to get the care I needed – great surgeons, nurses, caregivers, and physical therapists. […]<\/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\/5943"}],"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=5943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5950,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5943\/revisions\/5950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}