{"id":6429,"date":"2021-08-29T07:08:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T11:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6429"},"modified":"2021-08-29T07:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T11:08:22","slug":"flag-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6429","title":{"rendered":"Flag Day"},"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\/08\/43C524A4-B7E2-4C9D-8C89-7A2985362B6F.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/43C524A4-B7E2-4C9D-8C89-7A2985362B6F.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/43C524A4-B7E2-4C9D-8C89-7A2985362B6F-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Pretty sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Liberian Flag Day was Tuesday, so we enjoyed a day off. John hosted a late afternoon game day that included a TDYer from Accra &#8211; fun to meet new people. While they gamed, I hostessed and also read \u201cMexican Gothic,\u201d a fun, spooky horror novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a reception at the Ambassador\u2019s residence after work Thursday to welcome the new Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM, our boss). There were quite a few high-level Liberian contacts, along with representatives from other missions. It was still a relatively small gathering and I was glad to see masks on everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Sunday evening, John and I took the new DCM to dinner on the roof of a local hotel. It was a nice night outside and we enjoyed some non-work talk with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been getting manicures again and enjoyed one yesterday, followed by a quick trip to the grocery store. COVID levels have dropped after a worrisome spike in June\/July, so I feel a little better about going to the salon again &#8211; plus they are good about masking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I read a fun Ruth Ware mystery, \u201dOne by One\u201d this weekend. We enjoyed catching up on \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d started Season 7 of \u201cGrace and Frankie,\u201d and started a new French crime series, \u201cAstrid.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberian Flag Day was Tuesday, so we enjoyed a day off. John hosted a late afternoon game day that included a TDYer from Accra &#8211; fun to meet new people. While they gamed, I hostessed and also read \u201cMexican Gothic,\u201d a fun, spooky horror novel. We had a reception at the Ambassador\u2019s residence after work [&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\/6429"}],"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=6429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6432,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6429\/revisions\/6432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}