September 28: Nearly a Month!

September 28, 2013

 

Another weekend has come; got the duty car and got a few more driving in.  I wonder how the Toyota 1995 RAV will do with all these potholes.  Good news is I’m getting it registered on Monday.  Bad news is finding out how much work needs to be done on it – from fixing breaks to tires and who knows what else.  Jason is going to fix the locks.  We better drive careful cuz this baby ain’t got airbags.  I tell people this as Jason tells me this as well –we have enough accidents to last four generations!! 

Alyssa will start new school on Monday.  Montessori just wasn’t working out.. After all what does one expect.  She joined first grade in the third term of Swaziland school system where playground and free play doesn’t exist.  I find it hard to believe they accept children as young as she – she’s only 5 and a half and quite clever.  But mind you, she is still a child who needs to play!!  Having a friend she knows is a plus as well.

Jason went for job interview on Friday.  He wouldn’t practice with me and so I hope he will get something he likes.  He’s got another one come Wed so I hope he will be more prepared.  May God give him the job that will make him happy.  I really want him to get something that is long term rather than having to reinvent oneself at each new assignment. 

Promotion list came out and after all that volunteer work and taking on “additional” assignments that I thought kept me apart from 250 IMSs..Well that didn’t do it.  I suppose I have to live in Swaziland for three years.  I have to do my fair share..Who knows the rules, it seems to change every year.  Seven seems to be my lucky number so I will hopefully get promoted every 7 years..Seems like a long time.  Both Jason and I are not the types to lobby or sell ourselves.  In the Foreign Service, that’s what you do – you sell yourselves whether to get promoted or to get your next assignment.  We’ll see and give it another tour before making a new career move.