The past two weeks were busy for me with a week-long course about Iraq (its history, relationship with Iran, economic problems, our presence, customs, living in the diplomatic quarter, etc), followed by a week of "how not to die at post" training. Yesterday we finished up as much paperwork as we could, got my state.gov account working again, picked up our visas, and Ian received his flights from Amman to Baghdad. So yes, he's going and going on time. I am all set to go on time, which won't happen, but anything after that will require more hoop jumping and paperwork to change dates - and if I leave anytime after early August then my visa expires and I'll have to resubmit and then wait for the new visa which can take a couple months.
It's funny, right? For our entire married life we've had kids. We planned this for now precisely because all the kids would be where they need to be, and we'd get our first year just us really together. In Baghdad, yes, but us. And now we're potentially facing a year even more separated than we've ever been.
Weird.
It's funny, right? For our entire married life we've had kids. We planned this for now precisely because all the kids would be where they need to be, and we'd get our first year just us really together. In Baghdad, yes, but us. And now we're potentially facing a year even more separated than we've ever been.
Weird.
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