That last week in Washington was a whirlwind of tying up those last tenuous threads connecting us to life in the US, farewell lunches and dinners with friends, packing, working, laundry...all those daily things that still need to be done even if you are leaving the country at the end of the week. It was with true sadness that I packed up my last few items from my desk, gave everybody one last hug and walked out of the office. I'm so lucky to have worked with such wonderful p