Ok, not directly for her but she is the BIG BOSS! Thought I should explain a bit about why we are in Brussels. I work for the Department of State, in the Foreign Service as an Information Management Specialist. At the moment, I work at the American Embassy in Brussels. I started working as a direct hire in March of 2004 so I have 4 years in plus another 4 years that were added as a result of my service as a Family Member when Bob was in the Marine Corps. Talking about Bob, he decided that it was time that he followed me around instead of me going to where the Marine Corps sent us. So now, he is the Family Member and enjoying it immensely. After going through eight months of training in Virginia, we were sent on our way to our first post which was Cotonou, Benin. Cotonou was a very quiet place, not a lot to do but still enjoyed the beach and the beautiful sunshine. The picture I am sharing now shows the group of people I worked with at the Embassy. Other adventures description will come later. Working for the Department of State gives us the opportunity to travel around in many places in the world. Bob is a retired Marine and with his postings, we had already traveled to several places in Africa, Asia and Europe so this new life we have now is not really a new thing but a continuation of what we had already experienced before. We hope to continue our service to the US government until we can retire. This is a great life but also a sacrifice as it is a bit difficult to leave our child and grandchildren as well as our extended families behind. Hopefully, the adventures we share and the visits we manage to make to the US will make up a bit for our daily absence.
