Coincidentally, November was when I got my job. That's right: for those of you who don't already know, both Tolochkos are currently gainfully employed. Robin at the Colombian think tank CEELAT as the head of their new mapping and data visualization laboratory, and myself as the Colombia country manager for Leonie, an American communications company. Who would have thought that quitting our jobs in DC and moving to a country that we had never visited before and where we knew no one would end up being the greatest career move we'd ever made? Life is GOOD.
The holidays were mostly uneventful, except that we were blessed with AMAZING weather and visits from our friends Stephan, Ben, and Angela, and Robin's cousin, Lauren. Next year though, we're going to get the hell out of Bogotá and take advantage of the country shutting down for a month to do some traveling.
2012 is shaping up to be a pretty amazing year. On top of the new jobs, Robin and I have finally gotten our act together and decided to start up our leather exporting company, Restrepo Leather. Now when I say that we're going to have a website and Etsy store up by the end of March, I actually mean it. We've hired someone to run the day-to-day operations of the company. This is really, truly happening.
In other news, my project at work should finally launch within the month, and our House Hunters International episode is scheduled to air on March 6. Feel free to join us in Bogotá for a viewing party.
