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Stuff I like on and off the Internet #2
I expected this article about what a bad idea it is to bring your whole self to work to be about how your coworkers do not GAF about your weird habits, your neuroses, and your medical problems. They...
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Things I like on and off the Internet #3
OMG y’all. One of the web apps I use every day for my job stopped working in Chrome over the summer (mysteriously, unsolvably, and only for me). It is now working in Chrome again. These days, it’s...
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Life in the time of Coronavirus
Malabo feels like one of the last places on earth not to be touched by COVID-19. But of course, despite the small number of positive cases here, life has dramatically changed, not just for expats who...
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Black Lives Matter
We have so much going on right now, and all of that pales in comparison to the work folks are doing in the United States and elsewhere to fight racial injustice and police brutality. I am tired. But...
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Back in Malabo. Ish.
I am back in Malabo. I volunteered to come back. So here I am. My spouse and kids are in the US. It’s heartbreaking for me now, and I miss them, but I suspect that we’ll settle into a “new normal”...
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In which I appreciate the opportunity for professional development
The good news is that lots of people read yesterday’s pity party post about how I miss my family (don’t go looking for it, I put it back into draft mode so I can reflect on it for a few days). The bad...
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In which the future is uncertain, but possibly bright
I returned to the US for a a week for Christmas, and it turns out, also the New Year, and also, I don’t have a fixed return date. The extra time with my family as an unexpected gift (and I am...
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A real quick update on The Theresa Life Plan
Or at least, The Plan for the next several weeks. I have left my super rewarding and super intense assignment in Malabo, where I spent the last nine months without my family. I’m now in Virginia with...
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Stocking a Home Bar (Cart)
I posted a photo on IG Stories of the Barbary I’m putting together, and got a ton of comments about how fancy I am. It’s true that I am bougie AF, but it’s not true that a bar cart has to be anything...
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So, uh, I’m not in Islamabad
Two months ago, I was taking a routine and mandatory training, and I fell and broke my femur in four places while running in the grass. I spent a week in the hospital, two weeks in in-patient rehab,...
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