Getting the Hang of It

I feel like finally, after nearly three months, I'm getting the hang of things here. And slowly but surely Rio Grande is growing on me.

I had an awesome chance to travel back to the States for my brother's wedding for a week (which flew by) and then come back here, entering the country for the second time. But this time I had an apartment, knew some people, knew my way around the city a bit...but I still had little idea of what day-to-day life was like.

I'm starting to get it; I'm starting to get into a routine, make some more friends, and the new dialect has finally fully clicked- I'm speaking the Rio Grande version of Arabic as good as, or better than, the Tierra Seca version...(2.5 months later)...and I'm happy. It took me a while, but I'm starting to just be content with where I am in life, even though I don't know what the future holds. And I'm finally starting to get the hang of it.