Sunday, December 11, 2011
Job of my Dreams...
Literally, last night, I dreamed I was assisting an American Citizen abroad in Turkey who was trying to get home to the United States. If this isn't the "job of my dreams," I don't know what would be! The details of the dream have gotten a little fuzzy, but for some reason, I had arranged for an evacuation from Sweden for the person. All told, weird dream; but come on, I was dreaming that I was a Consular Officer for the Foreign Service.... I hope this bodes well for my application process.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
A Wannabe Diplomat's Adventure Begins
On November 18th, 2011, my new adventure officially began when I submitted my application to take the Foreign Service Officer's Test. This is only the beginning...
But my first thoughts of the Foreign Service as a career are roughly a year old by now. I first encountered the foreign service through working at the American Overseas School of Rome (AOSR) in the Fall of 2010, where I was student teaching for two months. Being an international school in Rome, Italy, AOSR is attended by many Foreign Service and Expat families. Some of my students' families were affiliated with Embassy Rome, another with Embassy Vatican, still others were attached to the USUN missions in Rome or other International Organizations. It was through their stories and meeting their families that I was introduced to the Foreign Service and the wonderful opportunities it could provide.
I have always been interested in traveling. My first passport dates to 1993* when I was in First Grade and my mother, my grandmother and my great-aunt took me with them to Ireland, in search of our Irish family roots. While in Ireland we traveled around the Republic before hopping over to London for a few days. Since then, I have only been out of the US on one other occasion, two months in Italy for student teaching in 2010 (described above).
*It should be noted that my first passport was is a unique American Passport. In 1993, the U.S. Immigration office changed the color of US Passports from the widely-recognized dark blue to a dark green. This change was not popular, thus the color changed back the next year. Today, a select few Americans, myself included, have the proof that America was trying to go green, even before it became the trendy thing to do... (image source: Upright & Stowed, Feb 2007, "Passport Series: 1993-2003" )
As I research more about the Foreign Service, I have come to realize that I believe that this is my "dream job" and I cannot wait to continue my adventure as a Wannabe Diplomat.
But my first thoughts of the Foreign Service as a career are roughly a year old by now. I first encountered the foreign service through working at the American Overseas School of Rome (AOSR) in the Fall of 2010, where I was student teaching for two months. Being an international school in Rome, Italy, AOSR is attended by many Foreign Service and Expat families. Some of my students' families were affiliated with Embassy Rome, another with Embassy Vatican, still others were attached to the USUN missions in Rome or other International Organizations. It was through their stories and meeting their families that I was introduced to the Foreign Service and the wonderful opportunities it could provide.
I have always been interested in traveling. My first passport dates to 1993* when I was in First Grade and my mother, my grandmother and my great-aunt took me with them to Ireland, in search of our Irish family roots. While in Ireland we traveled around the Republic before hopping over to London for a few days. Since then, I have only been out of the US on one other occasion, two months in Italy for student teaching in 2010 (described above).
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| Green American Passport, circa 1993. |
*It should be noted that my first passport was is a unique American Passport. In 1993, the U.S. Immigration office changed the color of US Passports from the widely-recognized dark blue to a dark green. This change was not popular, thus the color changed back the next year. Today, a select few Americans, myself included, have the proof that America was trying to go green, even before it became the trendy thing to do... (image source: Upright & Stowed, Feb 2007, "Passport Series: 1993-2003" )
As I research more about the Foreign Service, I have come to realize that I believe that this is my "dream job" and I cannot wait to continue my adventure as a Wannabe Diplomat.
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