Archive for March, 2009

I speak a few languages, though only one really well (yes, that would be English).  However, I’ve been figuring out the best way to brush up on my current default second language because of the bonus points it would give my (low, but passing!) FSOA score.  While State says it best, I’ll summarize the...
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I just got off of the phone with a very nice lady from the census bureau. She wanted to offer me a job as an ennumerator. Everything sounded great at first: 10 weeks of work, 20 hours a week, $20 per hour, evenings and possibly weekend. However, they would want me to go through...
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This will be my final week at TSP. Last Tuesday I received, and accepted, a new job as a proposal assistant for a woman owned, disabled vet small business defense contractor called Halfaker and Associates. I’ll be person number 8 in the corporate office (there are many other employees working at their contract site),...
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February is long gone, and I’m just now getting around to posting my final thoughts on such a busy month. On top of meeting my indispensable FSOA study group twice a week I spent so much time cooking that I didn’t really get a chance to blog. I can’t say I’m surprised since this...
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I just got a call from someone at the Alexandria Board of Elections.  I’ll be training for the May 3 Elections (Mayoral, City Council and School Board). Apparently, the bulk of our training will be the use of electronic poll books. I’m so excited! Hopefully, this will seriously cut down on check in time...
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Whenever I tell people that I’m going through the candidate process for the Foreign Service, I have a one in three chance of getting this question: when do you go abroad? Having passed the Oral Assessment and reviewed my conditional offer paperwork, I can safely say that I still don’t know. I haven’t cleared...
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This post is going to be long, but the day was pretty long too. When I went to bed on Sunday night it was snowing lightly and I was worried that the government might close and I would have to reschedule for a much later date. At about 3am, someone started snow blowing the...
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