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All Good Things Must Come to an End
Hello from Florida! I haven't blogged in a while because, well, I don't usually blog during R&R breaks. Which is what we're on right now. For the last several weeks, Matthew and Zachary and I have...
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We're back. And it's DISGUSTING.
So, last you heard we were on our R&R in the U.S. (in Florida) and were about to head back to China for the last however many months of our posting in Chengdu.Yeah.So we flew from Florida to Dulles...
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Pop Quiz! (You'll get an A+ because you're smart!)
Okay, Dear Readers! I know that y'all are super duper smart and I know that y'all have:1.) Tons of common sense, and2.) Been paying attention.So let's play the fun game: "What Did James Do?"...
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James and I went out for lunch today. Which everyone at the Consulate knows that we do every single day. We usually go to the same place - a local sort of dive that serves yummy Sichuanese food. In...
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Begging for Crumbs from the Proverbial Table (re: Bidding, of Course)
Well, hello, everyone. Long time no see. I hear there's still life out there in the great big world, even though I can't partake in it because I still have no VPN. So, you know, still no Facebook,...
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Back to the Drawing Board (Bidding, OF COURSE)
No, we didn't get anything from yesterday's panel.I know, I know... it's the same outcome I already predicted. But the results from the panel were a slaughter for us and it hurt so much I'm laying in...
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Further Adventures in Bidding Hilarity
So, after my post yesterday (detailing our bidding misery), I got a TON of super helpful input from my friends and family. You know, great new ideas and information and, like, tips and stuff. Things...
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::sabe be:: [Translation: SAVE ME]
For I hab a code.I caught it a few days ago and what sucks is that colds in China stick with me far longer than colds in America, which were never really my friends to begin with. James some other...
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Nope, This Wasn't Our Panel, Either
There was another panel today for summer bidders who are still left over from last year (which is what we are- we've been bidding since last August, and this is maybe the 10th/11th/something like that...
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My (Chinese) Life in Pictures
I am well aware that my blog, of late, has basically only been about the hideousness that is bidding and how sick my kids and I always are here in China. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING.So the other day when I was...
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T-Minus 5 Days (or Whatever)
...until Friday. And what, you may ask, does Friday signify? Well, let me tell you. From what we have heard, Friday is the next panel. At this point in time (from what we have heard), DS is now...
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Oh, China. Don't Ever Stop Being So....So...YOU.
I love - LOVE - Chinglish. Seriously. I'm out shopping or I'm out doing whatever and I see things likeThis was on the cover of a magazine. "Focus on the most beautiful career of human being." I have no...
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T-Minus Something Like 17 Hours
Until we will either get an email with an onward assignment... or an email telling us all about how everyone else in the universe (other than us) got an onward assignment (and we didn't)... or both......
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Nope. Nada.
So, was this panel OUR panel? Did we get an onward assignment? Do we know where we are going? Did we get ANY sleep last night??So there you have it.The next panel is scheduled for April 26th, so we...
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Chickening Out
Not sure if you've heard - it's been on the news here and there - but there's some kind of flu thing going around in China and it's, like, a super big huge deal right now.It's currently feeling pretty...
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Way to Rub Salt in the Wound, Facebook
So I've whined before, at length, I'm sure, about how China blocks Facebook and so if you don't have a VPN you can't be on Facebook. And I've also whined and how China now is super awesome at...
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Earthquake! (And Also: It Pays to be Slothful)
Oh my gosh, y'all, what a day it has been. James and I were just starting to wake up this morning and were lying in bed checking email when a very strong earthquake hit here in Chengdu. It hit hard and...
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Earthquakes, Earthquakes, and Yet More Earthquakes
It's been a weekend of continuing earthquakes, y'all.I mean, I've always read about how when there's a big earthquake (like we had here just two days ago, and if you didn't get a chance to read that...
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Nope. No Onward Assignment. But, Really - it's Okay
Yes, everyone - you're going to be shocked to hear this. Although there was another panel yesterday...James didn't get an onward assignment. Again.But, actually? It's okay.It's okay because things are...
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Taking the Good with the Bad
Well, so.James had a very informative (and also long) conversation with his CDO last night. So, you know, I figured I would update y'all on the whole bidding thing. THE GOOD NEWS: It looks as though...
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