{"id":6467,"date":"2021-10-10T07:51:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T11:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2021-10-10T07:51:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T11:51:15","slug":"transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6467","title":{"rendered":"Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/06746A80-F5AD-49D5-81D0-252D79FB5F84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/06746A80-F5AD-49D5-81D0-252D79FB5F84.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/06746A80-F5AD-49D5-81D0-252D79FB5F84-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>First Methodist Church on Broad Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John and I continue to talk about possible bidding outcomes non-stop &#8211; we still have nothing to report yet, Gentle Reader. Everything\u2019s still up in the air and we have to resign ourselves to not hearing anything over the weekend or possibly for weeks to come. We\u2019ve also spent time this week interviewing people to take over our own jobs, which really drives home the fact that we are entering the homestretch of our time in Liberia, as next summer rapidly approaches!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John is totally enjoying the influx of gamers to Embassy Monrovia! We hosted game day last Sunday. I\u2019m glad to see him have so much fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went out for sushi last Monday night. Tuesday night I attended a dinner at the DCM\u2019s house with three visiting Canadian diplomats from Abidjan &#8211; they were delightful to visit with. Yesterday I took two relative newcomers with me to the salon. On the way home, Nicole and I stopped at a little shop and drove through the busy street market where she was delighted to buy sweet potatoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the TV front, John and I are up to date on \u201cThe Morning Show,\u201d \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d and \u201cThe Chair\u201d &#8211; and getting caught up on the new season of \u201cSex Education.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As our friend Jackie says, \u201cIt\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\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\/10\/3DA3432E-2B21-4E86-BD7D-E230C57E07CC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3DA3432E-2B21-4E86-BD7D-E230C57E07CC.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3DA3432E-2B21-4E86-BD7D-E230C57E07CC-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>End of rainy season clouds and sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John and I continue to talk about possible bidding outcomes non-stop &#8211; we still have nothing to report yet, Gentle Reader. Everything\u2019s still up in the air and we have to resign ourselves to not hearing anything over the weekend or possibly for weeks to come. We\u2019ve also spent time this week interviewing people to [&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":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6470,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions\/6470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}