Ahh...What to Write??

I really have nothing to talk about lately.

Let's see......

** Oh, I did meet with a fellow TCK at work who heads the international admissions department. That was very interesting and quite encouraging. If I don't travel soon, I just can't sit here in Broomfield Colorado. I will go crazy. So I spoke with her about opportunities in the field of international student admissions and so forth. If I am going to be here in the States I would like to have some involvement with the "international" world. Additionally, being connected to higher education in some small way makes me feel like I am doing something good, or as I said before something worthwhile. She explained how it was a thriving field and very much a career. I found it fascinating...I found her fascinating. Again, I could relate to her, without really even knowing her. You know, the whole TCK thing.

** My mom is coming back from VN next week sometime and I am really excited about seeing her. It feels like it has been ages.

**Khazana started school and seems to really enjoy her new teacher. His name is "Mr. V" and he has a lot of experience with third grade. So far, so good. I just hope this year is a better year than last year. Well, she seems to be off to a good start.

**Next week a "diplomat in residence" is coming to Colorado and I am attending a prep session he is hosting for the Foreign Service Oral Exam. That should be interesting and hopefully I will get some good pointers for the real thing. Which by the way, sends chills up my spine every time I think about it.

I guess that is it for now. I will keep you posted!

Happy Blogging!

It has been exactly one year since I started this blog. Happy Birthday blog! I just can't believe all of the crazy stuff that has happened in the last year. This blog has opened so many doors to the world for me and I have met so many people through it. It has been an incredibly awesome experience. As a TCK it is so hard to meet others in the same boat and this blog has put me in contact with so many and in some ways it is like our own little community. Additionally, I have never been a big writer and I always regretted not keeping some type of journal and the blog has taken care of that problem! I can now look back and have so many references to my past. This year has had some many ups and downs, it is nice to be able to look back and see how I was feeling at each moment.

It is funny sometimes though- when I log on and go to my blog I feel like it is my little space in cyberspace and when people visit it, I feel like they are visiting my territory, when really it is nothing. When I visit other people's blogs I feel the same way, like I am coming on to private territory. Ok, I know I am being confusing....but you know what I mean?

It will be interesting to see what the next year will bring me. I wonder where I will be in my life one year from now???? Foreign service? CU Boulder? What will happen in the next year? How will I change? I have changed so much in the last year it will be interesting to see what comes next.

Sorry I have not written much lately- I have been so busy and when I get home all I can think about is bed. The job is great and I really like what I am doing. I finally feel like I am a part of something bigger and something good. When I was helping the real estate agent out I just did not feel like I was living up to my potential. Additionally, I felt sort of cheap. Hard to explain...but I feel so much better now. Working in the environment of higher education is challenging and I feel like I am doing something worthwhile.

Ha, Ha

I was going through some old photos and found some from our trip in India last Decemeber and thought I would share.

Along the way to Mussoorie we always stop at this place called Cheetal to have a snack and drinks about mid way through our trip. Anyhow, the setting of this "snack bar" is quite pleasant and the place has become quite popular over the years. What is so odd though is these signs they have everywhere. It completely ruins the beauty of the gardens but is just so funny. I thought you might get a kick out of it.

August 15th, 1947

Happy Independence day India!

October

OK, the date is set: I will be in Washington DC on October 17th for the Foreign Service Oral Assessment (FSOA). I am excited, yet very very nervous. I know this is my one shot and I just don't want to ruin it. I equate it to that feeling you have before a football game. You know, that feeling where anything can happen and the ball is in your court and then once the game starts....it goes fast and it is either your game or your loss....woosh it is gone.

Big Hit

I sell tons of the above bumper sticker. Many of the buyers, I have found are actually flight attendants. I never thought of that crowd when I was creating my site, but I guess for them, many of my slogans apply.

Busy as a Bee!

Sorry I have been so negligent lately! I have been so busy and by the time I get home I am completely wiped out! Anyhow, the new work place is very nice and it the job is very interesting. I am learning all of the ins and outs of counseling perspective and existing students. The training has been quite draining however. Hopefully I will be set to go in a couple of weeks and will feel much better. I am already leaving my "international" mark on the staff and quite quickly and eagerly asked if they had a program for recruiting and retaining third culture kids. Anyhow, the woman I was speaking to was part of their international team and informed me the she herself was a TCK and grew up in Germany and a few other places. That was exciting to find out- to know that I was working with more of our "kind." The whole TCK term has really given us lost souls a sense of belonging and identity. Love it! I now must go and catch some zzzzzs.

"People usually fail when they are on the verge of success. So give as much care to the end as to the beginning."

– Lao-Tzu

Happy Birthday!

August must be a good month for me- it is very special. Khazana was born on August 5th, I graduated from college on August 5th, and just recently I received a job on August 1st!

My Life

All of these photos, although not my own, remind me of something from my life and bring back pleasant memories.

Candy Land

I decided to visit Khazana's blog today to see what she has been posting and this is what I found.

mom got a job at cu

Hi
its geting lonly around here gosh
oh well.
Its sad for a kid oh now i have a lot to think about on mind!!!
I'm lost in my head i all so have my birthday on saterday.
I'm so tired with all this work but i can handle it.
Its hard being a kid these day.