Monday, May 31, 2010

Anticipation

The waiting process for the foreign service is somewhat like a scary movie. The music is playing louder and louder, you grip the armrests so hard your fingers are turning white, as you wait...wait...wait for the next step. Like waiting for the pretty screaming girl to be killed by the bad guy...



This is a long movie. Several more months of waiting....waiting...waiting....trying to continue life as normal. Trying to not obsess over where I hope to be in 6 months or a year.  Who lives that way?

Those of us who want to work for the FS, that's who.

Hopefully my security clearance will start soon. I'm headed to Malawi, Africa for a medical mission trip in July. That will be a 2 week trip. Something to take my mind off this wait.

3 comments:

A Daring Adventure said...

Oh, I know. The limbo is just AWFUL.

Two weeks/ a medical mission trip to Malawi - that's phenomenal! What a fantastic experience that will be.

This FS blogger:

http://cyberbones.blogspot.com/

is posted next to Malawi! But you'll get to visit there first!

And your cactus pictures are GORGEOUS. I adore them! So lovely!

Fingers crossed for your process...

Bfiles said...

yes, indeed. Any one of us could have written this. Since spring arrived, I have finally stopped obsessing QUITE at the level of before, during the long, cold winter. Hang in there. Your trip to Malawi will definitely be good medicine! I look forward to reading about it!

Denise said...

You have the fever, the sign of someone who should do this job. It'll come :) We are almost a year in (my husband is a specialist) and in DC now. We head to Dhaka, Bangladesh in October. Many have been in your seat and feel your pain, but it's a good "family" this FS group, and you've got cheerleaders in the wings :)

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