One year ago I had just moved out of North Carolina and was settling temporarily at my parents' house back in my beloved Georgia. I also started a summer job at the crack of dawn the day after arriving late a night (what was I thinking?).
This last year has been a whirlwind! I've been in 4 different states and 8 different countries where I've had to use 5 different languages to get around, constantly adapting from one context to another. Remembering whether to shake hands or kiss as a greeting, whether I'm supposed to give a woman a hug or not even look at her, and whether I should eat pizza with both hands, just my right hand, or with a fork and knife. I love it though! Things ain't slowing down any time soon either- over the next month I'll be in 4 other countries in this region, having to adapt to new dialects of Arabic as I go. Life certainly isn't boring!
Perhaps one day I'll settle down for a bit...
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