Lego Table Upgrade, Version 4
About 10 years ago, I built myself a Lego table that was comprised of three square sections that connected to each other. They were sized t...Read More
Breaking out the patterns
This morning was kind of cold and drizzling, remnants of the storm that delayed my post-holiday return flight by two hours. Since I got in l...Read More
Sold the Car!
One of the most annoying things about the northern Virgina / DC area is the traffic. I knew this before we came up here, which is why we fou...Read More
Mount Vernon
We visited George Washington's Mount Vernon between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so they were kind of in transition regarding decoration...Read More
A Parting of Ways: Choosing a post-military hairstyle
I think I mentioned earlier that one of the more unique challenges of separating from the military and joining the civilian workforce is try...Read More
50 Shades of Gray
Ever since I've had to "suit up" to go to work, I've been paying more attention to the 'buy-one, get-x' deals at...Read More
Veteran's Day (Observed) at Arlington
Since Veteran's Day was on Sunday, the Federal Government observed the holiday the following Monday. It seemed fitting to visit Arlingto...Read More
HHE Delivery Bingo
Well, the movers arrived today with all of our HHE! And I got to play what I call "HHE Delivery Bingo", checking off the numbers o...Read More
HHE delivery during Hurricane Sandy
Today was the day I had scheduled for my Household Effects (HHE) to be delivered. While I don't think I'd mentioned it before on the...Read More
Now that's a job description
We're nearing the end of our pre-scheduled, in-house, on-the-job training at the office. Still plenty of other administrative things to ...Read More
Faith in Humanity: Restored
Last Thursday, I thought that my umbrella had been pick-pocketed from the broken-zippered pocket of my messenger bag while I was riding home...Read More
Lots of Lanyards
Do you have an identification badge that must be visible at all times? Then you're familiar with the lanyard. If you don't think tha...Read More
My Military to Civilian Transition Summary
Since my military to civilian transition spanned the better part of 18 months, I thought it might be convenient to recap everything on one p...Read More
My Air Force Experience: I am a Veteran (11 of 11)
That's odd, I don't feel any different. But today is the first day in over a decade that I can no longer say "I am in the mili...Read More
Organization is key!
Our Foreign Service Orientation class keeps sending us home with new folders of information every day. I almost feel like I need a folder fo...Read More
End Of Tour Summary: My Air Force Career
Since I'm officially on terminal leave and my Air Force career has effective ended, it's as good of a time as any to recap my decade...Read More
Orienteering at the State Department
Last night, there was a happy hour coordinated by the previous specialist class and they provided some insights to us. Oh, and if you rememb...Read More
My Air Force Experience: The Next Sortie (10 of 11)
It’s go time. Tomorrow is the first day of my new career. There is an indescribable feeling that comes over you when you jump out of a p...Read More
An extra-ordinary life
I have known since adolescence that I didn't want what I think of as an ordinary american life: spouse, house, job, kids... going to wor...Read More
One week to go!
It's Labor Day, and in less than seven days, I will be reporting in for the first day of work at my new career with the US Department o...Read More
SeaWorld Orlando
We took the kids to SeaWorld Orlando today. Okay, there is the issue of animal captivity vs. awareness and education about animals, but I...Read More
Legoland Florida
Today we visited Legoland Florida in Winterhaven, Florida. What I realized as I was walking around the park is that it's built on the ...Read More
End of Tour Summary: Air Force Special Operations Command
I finished a two-year assignment to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) staff working in the Plans, Programs, & Requireme...Read More
My Air Force Experience: Final Out-Processing (9 of 11)
So today I went through final out-processing from the military. While I'm technically on the books until the end of September, today is ...Read More
Closing up shop
I spent today clearing out my desk, writing farewell emails to my coworkers, shredding old documents and packing my personal gear into a bac...Read More
Back to work...for a week.
Ok, so I've fallen off of my plan to update this blog at least weekly. But I've got a pretty good excuse: I was busy watching the Lo...Read More
Getting in Step
Ok, so today I submitted my official agreement to join the Foreign Service. I'd been putting it off for a couple of days until I got a f...Read More
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