So today, R and LJ and I made our way to the embassy. B decided that school was much more fun than what we had planned so he went to school. I am very thankful that he went to school. We walked to the Embassy at 8 in the morning, to see the S.O.S. (Secretary of State) Hillary Clinton. She has come to Dhaka for a short time to do some speaking and meeting with important people. The Embassy had a meet and greet, and we were welcome to attend. The kids were place on risers, positioned for a photo with Madam Secretary. We milled around and at 9:15 the DCM (Deputy Chief of Mission) spoke to the crowd. It was exciting, and he told us how to behave. Most important, stay behind the blue line. So we stood, quietly behind the line and waited.
Lucky for me, I had a baby, so three other ladies, their babies and me with Little J, got to stand up front in this little area of blue tape. It was right in front. And we waited. The babies, fussed, we bounced, and sat, and feed babies milk or cheerios. The big kids played Simon Says, and sang the wheels on the bus... and we waited. A couple of times we got told to get ready and we all stood up and behind the blue line, we waited. Then we would be told, not yet. Ten o'clock came and went, which was the time she was going to arrive. So fussy babies slept and bounced on mama's hip. AND then we got the notice, two mins.... back to our places, behind the blue tape. It was 10:25, not bad.
One baby was an angel, one cried, one squealed and one fussed. The fancy men in black suits with earphones in their ears never blinked their eyes. They paced back and forth like a pack of wolves, very alert but eerily calm. Mrs Clinton came to the podeum and made her speech, it was short, personal, and touch on many important points, I can't remember. She came over for her picture with the youth on the risers. R, sat right behind her. Then she made her way around the blue tape to shake hand, but first stopped at the babies. Jax wooed her with his charms, and she played with his legs, while talking with him.
She made her way around and was shuffled out the door, quickly by the men in black with radios in their ears. We, of course, stayed behind the blue tape, until the all clear was given, as we had been instructed to do. We were so well behaved. Hillary, by the way, looked fabulous! In person she looks so much better than photographs.
Lucky for me, I had a baby, so three other ladies, their babies and me with Little J, got to stand up front in this little area of blue tape. It was right in front. And we waited. The babies, fussed, we bounced, and sat, and feed babies milk or cheerios. The big kids played Simon Says, and sang the wheels on the bus... and we waited. A couple of times we got told to get ready and we all stood up and behind the blue line, we waited. Then we would be told, not yet. Ten o'clock came and went, which was the time she was going to arrive. So fussy babies slept and bounced on mama's hip. AND then we got the notice, two mins.... back to our places, behind the blue tape. It was 10:25, not bad.
One baby was an angel, one cried, one squealed and one fussed. The fancy men in black suits with earphones in their ears never blinked their eyes. They paced back and forth like a pack of wolves, very alert but eerily calm. Mrs Clinton came to the podeum and made her speech, it was short, personal, and touch on many important points, I can't remember. She came over for her picture with the youth on the risers. R, sat right behind her. Then she made her way around the blue tape to shake hand, but first stopped at the babies. Jax wooed her with his charms, and she played with his legs, while talking with him.
She made her way around and was shuffled out the door, quickly by the men in black with radios in their ears. We, of course, stayed behind the blue tape, until the all clear was given, as we had been instructed to do. We were so well behaved. Hillary, by the way, looked fabulous! In person she looks so much better than photographs.
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