I know 24 days seems like an arbitrary number to countdown from. It isn’t nice and round like 25 would have been, and it isn’t quite as logical as 21 (three weeks). However, it’s the first time in a while that the foreign service career really feels like it’s happening.
Getting the offer was surreal, and sending in all of my paperwork just felt like homework. Yesterday I received confirmation of my last day at Halfaker, but I’ve known that date for weeks, so it didn’t feel like a big deal.
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