technical difficulties

I'm having some technical difficulties...which I guess is to be expected as I fall into the luddite category of computer users. Unfortunately these problems relate to me being unaware how to get my blog to come up in a google search...which clearly makes the whole idea of writing on the internet kind of useless. I guess Ill have to bug one of my friends who has a bit more common sense.

Anyways, thought I'd update progress on the FSO journey so far. It seems like this process takes forever! I applied almost a year ago and took the tests just before Christmas. Early in the New Year I relocated to the UK...sort of a spur of the moment, get me out of here impulse that led me to settle in beautiful Edinburgh. I was called into the High Commission in London in March for an interview...the strangest interview I've ever taken part of and one I completed on 2 hours sleep and a litre of coke. I was absolutely certain I'd rubbished it.

I returned to my exciting (read: receptionist in a methadone clinic) life in Edinburgh with any thoughts of becoming an FSO out of mind. Colour me surprised when I got an e-mail in July congratulating me on passing my interview. I guess it's slow going...

So then it was on to the pain in the arse of security clearances and of course second language assessment. I just recently did the French testing in London and was quite impressed to have gotten C-C-B after 8 years sans francais. However, still need to bump that last B to a C and apparently my security clearance is slow going soooo....I get to do a month of French training starting in November. Woot! (not)