We Got Our Travel Orders

If all goes according to plan [knocks on wood], we will be living in El Salvador before the end of the month. The countdown has begun.Our packout has been scheduled. Plane tickets are hopefully being purchased today or tomorrow. Within a couple hours of receiving our travel orders yesterday, I had submitted my application for

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

Tom Petty said it best. We are now three weeks past Kail’s successful Spanish exam, six weeks past my obtaining a medical clearance, 10+ weeks past my submitting my security clearance documents and we still don’t know when we are departing for post.

Travel Orders, Or Lack Thereof

So, I figured it was time to come clean about something. It’s minor, really. As you know, this blog is based on the fact that my husband is in the Foreign Service and that I’ll be traveling the world with him (I should say “trailing” him around the world). I’ve also shared that our first