About Me
Greetings Blog Visitors,
I’m Vegas*. My husband Tex* and I are currently in Tunis, Tunisia for our third Foreign Service post. This blog is a means of communication with my friends and family as well as a way to chronicle our lives in the Foreign Service. It was so helpful to me to read the experiences of others when I first found out that we were moving abroad.
Some background:
Tex passed his OA in July of 2012. Six months later we were both in Falls Church, VA crossing our fingers for a great post and making a whole slew of new friends. Six months after that we found ourselves drinking our morning coffee on our balcony overlooking hot and humid Taipei. After a follow up tour in Frankfurt, Germany, we now find ourselves in Tunis, Tunisia until 2019.
Life as an EFM:
Life as an EFM (eligible family member) can be great. You’re able to travel the globe with your spouse and have wonderful experiences, but unless you have a portable career, you may find yourself on the hunt for meaningful work, drowning in security clearance paperwork, and trying to maintain some semblance of a schedule. In Taipei alone I served as a rover, our employee association manager, and CLO. In Frankfurt, I worked as an assistant in the EXO office at USAID. I’ve been around the block in terms of EFM employment.
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*Tex is not from Texas though he owns a lovely pair of cowboy boots. I am not from Vegas though I can’t help but love bright and shiny things. Names have been changed for funsies.
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