Embassies have national day receptions for Independence Day but not usually on 7/4. Ours was on July 2. These are working days, where in addition to the setup for the event, part of the job is mingling and chatting with the guests. Today, 7/3, is the unofficial "community" party, technically not a work day, but since we always work on Sundays anyway, it basically is. Besides, somebody has to do all the work to set up this party too. We have a congressional delegation in town - Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham. I was reminded of that fact this morning as I got on the elevator and rode down with Senator Lieberman, who was wearing a t-shirt and green turtle-decorated swimming trunks. I also got a baseball signed by Senators McCain and Lieberman (who was wearing more than just the trunks at the time of the signature). Tomorrow is a regular work day.
We have three more work days, then the pack out day, then Friday to mail last-minute stuff, and we head out Saturday morning to Dubai.
No comments:
Post a Comment