First quarter.
It is now nearing the end of August, and we have been here six months now (September 1st will be the start of month 7). A lot has happened between my last post and now.
All of our stuff is here, and we are for the most part completely settled in. So settled, that we have had dinner parties (shocking!). We still have way more consumables than we should have purchased, but that's ok. We have purchased small 220 appliances (a toaster and a food processor 'kitchen robot'). We have had some of our U.S. appliances die horrible, horrible deaths (a blender and food processor).
I can read a good deal of Russian, order my food in Russian, have simple conversations in Russian, etc. etc. I know this doesn't sound like much, (and sometimes it feels like very little progress) but it is a BIG THING when everyone speaks Russian (or Turkmen), and most of the goods you can buy (and the signage) are written in Cyrillic.
I am now, once again, gainfully employed (and have been sin...