4th Day of Work (June14)

I HAVE COMPUTER ACCESS!! That development was the highlight of my day as I was finally able to get onto a computer under my own name and access the internet, email, etc. Other than that, today was another uneventful day at work. I shadowed a few employees processing applications. I interviewed two of the senior consul members to find out what their job entailed. I completed some more training procedures and that was about it. My day started off well because I attended the Ambassador’s Flag Day Ceremony. Quite honestly, I did not even know that June 14 was the annual holiday but I’m sure I will remember now. I arrived a little tardy because we had to drop off Yolanda but when I arrived they had just started the ceremony so it turned out I wasn’t too late. It was an honor to hear the history behind Flag Day and then to see the raising of the flag. There were many veterans present for the ceremony who seemed very proud to have served America. It was actually kind of touching to be in the midst of so many other Americans and to be able to say, I am an American…especially while overseas when you may be hard pressed to find others like you. Of course in Panama that’s not the case because there is a very large American population. That’s about for today, nothing to exciting to report. Yolanda and I were invited to dinner at her supervisor’s house on Sunday and this Saturday we’re going to try to go to the Panama Canal for a boat tour. CIAO!