Julie & Julia

The husband and I went to see the movie Julie & Julia today. I went in expecting a cute and touching movie about Julie Child and a blogger whose blog was inspired by her. And it was both cute and uplifting. Being a blogger myself, both here and at my HR blog, I expected the movie to be relevant to me. What I didn't expect was that it would be relevant for more reasons than that. You see, Paul Child, Julia Child's husband, was a foreign service officer.

How cool is that? I never knew that the reason Julia Child was in Paris in the first place was because her husband was a diplomat. Of course, the movie didn't really focus on that much, but it was great seeing them interact at embassy parties, Julia speaking with other diplomats wives, moving to different countries, etc. So many things to look forward to if I get through the rest of this process. Just two more months to go until I find out if they are bringing me in for the oral assessment. *crosses fingers*