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Tag: State Department

07/21/202207/21/2022Kelly

What if We Just Up and Went?

06/25/202207/19/2022Kelly

Destination Unknown

11/08/201711/08/2017Kelly

In Which I Unexpectedly Win an Award and Predictably Have Something to Say About It

07/07/201701/27/2018Kelly

Not Looking Back

04/28/201701/27/2018Kelly

I went to Zambia for that peanut butter

04/24/201704/24/2017Kelly

Warsaw: Five Pros and Cons

04/06/201705/12/2017Kelly

The One Thing You Absolutely, Positively Must Have in the Foreign Service

02/13/201704/24/2019Kelly

My Trailing Spouse Resumé

11/29/201611/29/2016Kelly

Silver Linings

10/18/201601/28/2018Kelly

Reclaiming My Name

08/14/201608/14/2022Kelly

Five Wishes for the Foreign Service

08/05/201608/05/2019Kelly

Flashback to Lusaka

07/18/201607/18/2016Kelly

The Big Five-Oh

10/14/201501/27/2018Kelly

Five Things That May Surprise You About Being An FS Spouse

09/28/201501/27/2018Kelly

One Word That I Don’t Mind, And One That I Do

07/18/201501/27/2018Kelly

Anger Management and the Trailing Spouse

04/13/201505/14/2015Kelly

New Blog Project: Unaccompanied Baggage

03/12/201508/23/2016Kelly

Foreign Service Flashback: Circa 1997

02/10/201501/27/2018Kelly

Who Are You Calling “Eligible”?

12/05/201408/23/2016Kelly

The Poopy Blue Brocade Sofa of Doom

10/09/201401/27/2018Kelly

Dispensing Pearls of Wisdom

09/07/201408/23/2016Kelly

Yes, I Do Actually Have a Problem With This

07/12/201401/27/2018Kelly

The Young Man’s Tale

06/09/201411/25/2015Kelly

So, Apparently Overseas Schools Are a Thing

03/10/201401/27/2018Kelly

Deja Vu All Over Again

02/18/201411/13/2014Kelly

Get Your Post Online Already

01/16/201401/27/2018Kelly

The Packout Dreams Have Started

11/21/201308/23/2016Kelly

Here’s How It Should Be

11/04/201301/27/2018Kelly

Handshake!

10/13/201308/23/2016Kelly

Handshake Season

09/30/201308/23/2016Kelly

Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day

09/24/201308/23/2016Kelly

When You’re Married to a Travelin’ Man

08/27/201308/23/2016Kelly

Neither Here Nor There

07/03/201308/23/2016Kelly

So, We Have This Really Cool Community Website

02/22/201301/27/2018Kelly

So, This is How Weird My Life Is

02/08/201301/27/2018Kelly

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of a Tour

10/07/201208/23/2016Kelly

State Is Wearing Those Mad Men Goggles Again

09/14/201208/23/2016Kelly

Just a Few Words

09/09/201201/27/2018Kelly

In Which I Am Shocked To Discover That I No Longer Absolutely Loathe Foreign Service Bidding

07/11/201211/13/2014Kelly

Your Taxpayer Dollars at Work

05/18/201208/24/2016Kelly

The N Word (and the C Word and the A Word)

05/15/201208/24/2016Kelly

It’s the Little Things…

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