Thursday June 27th

Thursday was unusually busy for me, though not by design.  The Consular Section was typical for a Thursday, but I received a call relatively early in the morning because the other sections were so swamped with work for the 4^th of July party that they needed help.  I was asked to work with the Consul’s secretary to get everything ready.  Hence, for the next week I will be working as a secretary in addition to my Consular duties.  Namely I was asked to manage and organize the guest list, including RSVP’s and such.  Believe it or not, there are 1,000 people invited and each can bring a plus one.  (I of course will be bringing Nikki.)

Today was also Clyde’s last day of work, so the Consulate staff had a little farewell party at the end of the day for him.  After getting home, we decided to try heading to the beach, but after looking at the weather, that was definitely a no-go.  Instead we waited a little bit and went back to the fountains.  They are just such a pleasant place to spend time that we can’t help but go back, and probably will continue to do so for the duration of our time here.