The Terrifying Teens

the Terrifying Teens 2010 The dark days of the great recession Begin slowly to fade away Ending my Barbados experience -the best job in the foreign service on high note best labor officer award 2011 the president and Congress locked in battle battles glimmer of hope as economy comes back to life Studying Spanish arriving in Spain worst year ever part of three years bad luck 2012 the US re-elects the Black President rejecting Romney entitlement mentality I leave Spain my last foreign posting buying new property in the fall 2013 In the US the religious right loose the social Battling gay marriage, legal pot Starting a new job as an evaluate program evaluator ending my six month wandering the halls of State 2014 The Obama presidency The tea party rebellion on the right Moving to Capitol Hill My sister’s sudden death rattles me 2015 The end of the Obama era Was this the beginning of the end of America Beginning the year with a new job resolving to retire, enjoy life while I still can 2016 American voters and at the madness Elects the mad would be king President Trump We traveled across the country 10,000 miles To celebrate the end of my foreign service career 2017 the year of the chaos president Fast and furious disruption to the norms Went to Oregon to renovate property becoming wealthy in the process 2018 the American public woke up Send a blue wave to clean up the mess Moving back to Korea Blogging up a storm 2019 in the end of the year that was The house races up and impeach is the president I travel to Vietnam, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Okinawa