We also got our air baggage this week with all of the boys' toys. With all his favorite possessions in our apartment, maybe now Benjy will stop telling us that he is ready to go home. I won't count on it, but it would be nice.
Jacob started school this week. Because the school here starts at a reasonable time of the year (as opposed to July 31 like they did in Georgia), he got to celebrate the 100th day of school again. They had celebrated it in Georgia in January, and they celebrated it here right after he started. He is also making friends. However, because so many people move in and out of this apartment complex with the Foreign Service, his newest friend, classmate and bus buddy is leaving next week for somewhere in the world. Jacob finally learned his name and building, but he hasn't found out yet where this friend is going. We are working on getting him to find out that sort of information.
Speaking of leaving for somewhere else in the world, we got our bid list submitted. No, that doesn't mean that we know where we are going, but it does mean that it is out of our hands completely now. What did we look for? Well, Lisa and I would like to learn Spanish, so that factored in. Also, I want to do some American Citizen Services sort of stuff, so we asked to go to the places where there are a lot of Americans. The more Americans there are, the more they get hurt or in trouble. Maybe I can get back to visiting people in jail - it's sad that I sort of miss that - sort of. Jacob and Benjy were about as helpful as you might expect them to be, all things considered. Jacob primarily wants to go to Antarctica, and argued with me when I tried to explain that there was no government there for the U.S. to have diplomatic relations with. As you can see from the picture, Jacob seems to think that being here has prepared him for snow. He also suggested the "green" countries on our world map. Now, that doesn't mean that they are green in real life, so his top two choices based on this method were Russia and Saudi Arabia - neither are places that are usually green. Benjy simply said "Me too" when Jacob made a suggestion. For now, all of the bid lists from my class go to the committee, and the committee will assign us to the places where they think we should go. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
For now, I will be working on trying to fit in with the other lawyers in my class, none of whom did criminal law, so they all describe themselves as "recovering lawyers." I tried to explain that since I was a public defender no one considered me a "real lawyer" in the first place - except Judge Benton - so that has left me out of their club. It is an amazing group of people, but despite all the ivy league credentials, I did have one big wig see the name of my law school and say, "Wow, you are a Saluki." I was shocked and flattered.
Well, it's going to be a busy few weeks, but I'll keep everyone updated. We are going to try to get out there and see more of D.C. while we can.
As you can see we have already done a bit of D.C. tourism.
Yay Salukis! I had that same response when interviewing with OCIIO. I was pleasantly surprised and then had that "take that first and second tier law schools!" reaction.
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