It has come to my attention that I am not nearly as daring as most of the FS blogging community. I have an inability to put things on my blog that meet the requirements for this month, "I want you to be honest with yourself and write something
that has made you think. That has, dare I say it, almost scared you to have it
published." as stated in The Perlman Update - FS BRU. I have decided to be prudish and reserved for several reasons, I don't think everyone on the planet needs to know the in's and out's of my family, to keep my husband happy because he is super security conscious (especially when it comes to stuff put out on the internet), I am a believer that what you think about you bring about and thus negativity will generate more negativity, and probably most importantly I know once it is out there it can never be taken back.
My goodness could you imagine if I just let loose on all the things that sucked at post, or how I think the school my kids attend has some serious issues, or heaven forbid (shhhhhhhh) my in laws? I just know it would all come back to bite me in the butt.
So that is it for me being honest. If you know me you know I miss my family in the States terribly, my house leaks, driving here is a joke, and I am mentally challenged when it comes to learning Spanish. You will also know, I love living overseas, I love my husband and children, and I'm grateful everyday for this opportunity and I'm still working on Spanish.
Someday, down the road when I'm super angry about something you may find my ranting on this site. But for now my ranting about politics, religion, education and life in the Foreign Service will just have to be for those ears closest to me (you know who you are).
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
FS BRU - Chaos!
The Foreign Service Round Up topic for the month is Chaos. I find it fitting that Jill choose Chaos during EER season. I don't know if it is just my family but the month of April is always stressful in our house.
It started 15 years ago when my husband and I decided to get married in this month. People asked us why we would want to get married around tax time. I assured them that we always had our taxes done in plenty of time and that would not be a worry. Little did we know that the foreign service had their own ideas for deadlines in the month of April.
But it doesn't just stop and start with EER season for whatever reason when it rain, it pours in our house and the phrase "April showers" does not seem to quite describe the downpour we see in our house.
This year we have found the perfect storm of Chaos. My husband is swamped at work, not just with work but training a new person for a new position. We both have callings at church that are very demanding and require a lot of time. I am involved in the school board and volunteer in Isaac's classroom. I have a toddler at home and have tweaked my knee and can't run after him. I can't run errands or grocery shop so we are eating bean burritos and mac and cheese because we only have what I have bought from Amazon in the house. Emma has the lead in the school play so we are sitting up nights running lines. I am busy planing an agenda and all the in's and outs for a trip for our 15 year wedding anniversary, and I'm praying I will be able to hike all over Machu Picchu, because I have less than a month to get my knee back in working order. Emma has been home from school all week long with a fever, and I finally took her to see someone. And yes, this is our "April shower," Emma was diagnosed today with Dengue Fever.
So although the chaos in my life is not currently due to packing or unpacking. However if you saw my attic after putting Easter decorations away you might wonder what what going on up there. All I have to say is next April you can petty much count on a post very similar to this one. Because if there is one thing in life I can count on, it is a downpour in the middle of our April in our house. .
***Please note many good things have happened in April as well. Namely I married my best friend and welcomed my sweet Eli into this world.
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| Yes, I know it looks like I may have robbed the cradle a bit. But I assure you he is older than me. |
It started 15 years ago when my husband and I decided to get married in this month. People asked us why we would want to get married around tax time. I assured them that we always had our taxes done in plenty of time and that would not be a worry. Little did we know that the foreign service had their own ideas for deadlines in the month of April.
But it doesn't just stop and start with EER season for whatever reason when it rain, it pours in our house and the phrase "April showers" does not seem to quite describe the downpour we see in our house.
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| Machu Picchu-- yep, super excited! |
This year we have found the perfect storm of Chaos. My husband is swamped at work, not just with work but training a new person for a new position. We both have callings at church that are very demanding and require a lot of time. I am involved in the school board and volunteer in Isaac's classroom. I have a toddler at home and have tweaked my knee and can't run after him. I can't run errands or grocery shop so we are eating bean burritos and mac and cheese because we only have what I have bought from Amazon in the house. Emma has the lead in the school play so we are sitting up nights running lines. I am busy planing an agenda and all the in's and outs for a trip for our 15 year wedding anniversary, and I'm praying I will be able to hike all over Machu Picchu, because I have less than a month to get my knee back in working order. Emma has been home from school all week long with a fever, and I finally took her to see someone. And yes, this is our "April shower," Emma was diagnosed today with Dengue Fever.
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| My baby, day one of the Dengue rash |
So although the chaos in my life is not currently due to packing or unpacking. However if you saw my attic after putting Easter decorations away you might wonder what what going on up there. All I have to say is next April you can petty much count on a post very similar to this one. Because if there is one thing in life I can count on, it is a downpour in the middle of our April in our house. .
***Please note many good things have happened in April as well. Namely I married my best friend and welcomed my sweet Eli into this world.
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