Sunday, July 26, 2015

July 2015

Despite June and May being good months for blogging, I've gone back to slacking off.  July has been a mediocre month.  July 1st was the official forth of July event for our Embassy and I was the co-coordinator for the whole thing. It felt like Thanksgiving, a ton of preparation and then the day flew by, fortunately without a hitch!  We recieved many compliments and things were going extra smoothly that I was able to take a break and enjoy the tail end of the event. This year we brought in 3 celebrity chefs, one from Alaska, Florida and Hawaii. Despite their impressive resumes, they were really nice people. They created a fabulous sampling of their home state cuisine, very seafood heavy, but tasty nonetheless! I think the model will be continued for the rest of this Ambassador's tenure. 

Although once in June, I ended up with mastitis 3 times since June 29th. Luckily it was mild and cleared up in a day each time. But spiking a fever go 102 is never pleasant nor worry free... I've been more careful about nursing and M's partial weaning in favor of EVERYTHING and ANYTHING edible!  She eats way more than her tiny stomach should be able to hold.  Our house seems to be always infested with Mosquitos, so we have been on the constant look out for dengue and chikungunya... M got bit and ended up with chik. It was a terrible week, her fever hit a high of 104.1 and luckily dropped slowly from there. She seemed to be in constant pain and couldn't get comfortable. It has only been in the last week where she seems like herself again. Poor little babecita! 

Here we are nearing the end of July and my mom doesn't seem to be getting any better.  I think at last calculation she had lost nearly 30 pounds since April/May. Being so far away is hard, but I can only imagine how much harder it is for my sister and dad who are so close. 

Lastly, to top off July in its mediocrity, we are just beginning the bidding process for our next assignment.  You have to network, lobby, send your resume to potential supervisors and hope that you can make an impact and get a job. Last year's numbers were terrible and it is undecided whether this will be any better.  Everyone might regret not visiting us in Tegucigalpa if we end up in Haiti or Nigeria...

However, overall, we are all back to healthy and excited that M will be 1 on the 7th!!  I can't believe how fast time has flown by. We are going to host a brunch in celebration, though I have yet to send invites or plan it all. That's where Pinterest come in, it has shown me mini pancakes, French toast sticks, etc. Should be tasty even if not fancy!  Today we headed to the playground, enjoy some pictures:

 
Like father like daughter!
Can't smile long, trying to clean up the park!
All aboard!
Mommy and M selfie









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