{"id":8355,"date":"2026-11-08T12:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=8355"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T19:04:09","slug":"congratulations-are-in-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=8355","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations are in order!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John got the best birthday present ever last Thursday when he received a letter from HR telling him that he is being promoted to Senior Foreign Service! We are thrilled! Congratulations, Counselor! I\u2019m incredibly proud of him! (The only downside is that now he outranks me, haha!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I left Hot Springs early last Tuesday morning to return to Guyana. It was great being in Arkansas and I especially enjoyed visiting with David and Alison. It\u2019s also great to be back with John in Guyana!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alison loves the new grill!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We went to the Marine Ball Friday night. It was fun to get dressed up and celebrate the Marines\u2019 birthday. We shared a table with Kara and Tim from the Canadian High Commission plus a few of the Canadian staff. I always enjoy visiting with them. I also had a chance to meet Abe and Kim. Abe is originally from Booneville, Arkansas, and is here with a big communications company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday, Mellisa and I yakked at the pool for a very long time! Evidently we had a lot of catching up to do! Always enjoyable to trade consular stories with a friend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John and I got caught up with \u201cWar\u201d and \u201cSlow Horses\u201d this week. I finished Lena Dunham\u2019s \u201cFamesick\u201d and just started \u201cDanshari: The Japanese Art of Decluttering Your Space to Transform Your Life.\u201d I\u2019m also enjoying the audiobook of Alan Cummings\u2019 \u201cNot my Father\u2019s Son.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a couple more photos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With our sweet friend Vanny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John got the best birthday present ever last Thursday when he received a letter from HR telling him that he is being promoted to Senior Foreign Service! We are thrilled! Congratulations, Counselor! I\u2019m incredibly proud of him! (The only downside is that now he outranks me, haha!) I left Hot Springs early last Tuesday morning […]<\/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\/8355"}],"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=8355"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8374,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8355\/revisions\/8374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}