{"id":6396,"date":"2021-07-25T04:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T08:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6396"},"modified":"2021-07-25T04:55:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T08:55:22","slug":"go-team-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6396","title":{"rendered":"Go Team USA!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/B89A5FEC-7616-4474-A627-064544F5BF8A.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/B89A5FEC-7616-4474-A627-064544F5BF8A.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/B89A5FEC-7616-4474-A627-064544F5BF8A-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Evening water gathering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I was driving home from work one evening this week, this parade of young girls carrying water passed in front of me. I\u2019m not sure what the source of water is &#8211; sometimes around town you see wells. But everyday all around us you see people carrying water back to their homes from early in the morning to after dark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a long meeting at the Ambassador\u2019s residence on Wednesday that didn\u2019t finish until 9:30 PM. It was interesting but really threw off my sleep schedule since I\u2019m usually asleep by 9:30! Work was busy as usual all week. COVID numbers are declining still, so that\u2019s good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John and I have started putting out feelers for our next jobs. It exciting to think about the possibilities, and it\u2019s incredibly complicated, too. I had a good video chat with the fine folks back in Consular Affairs in DC about options. I\u2019m hoping to be able to do some kind of remote job so John can bid more broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve always enjoyed living overseas, but hate that I can\u2019t just turn on the TV and watch things like tennis matches or the Olympics. I spent a good amount of time yesterday trying to figure out how to see parts of the Olympics &#8211; it\u2019s not easy! I even signed up for a premium package that was supposed to let me watch, but it doesn\u2019t allow a VPN nor does it allow access outside of the United States. I managed to watch parts of the women\u2019s gymnastics this morning on a free NBC site and really enjoyed it &#8211; I\u2019m just wishing for the good ol\u2019 days when I could just turn on network TV and watch to my heart\u2019s content!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John and I are enjoying rainy season. Last night he grilled us a steak and we enjoyed a coolish evening on the balcony &#8211; that sweet spot when it\u2019s not raining and isn\u2019t too hot. He\u2019s been buying meat from a non-profit in town that teaches young people animal husbandry, started by an American guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TV-wise, we binged on \u201cHalston\u201d this week and really enjoyed it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was driving home from work one evening this week, this parade of young girls carrying water passed in front of me. I\u2019m not sure what the source of water is &#8211; sometimes around town you see wells. But everyday all around us you see people carrying water back to their homes from early [&hellip;]<\/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\/6396"}],"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=6396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6399,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6396\/revisions\/6399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}