I live here now!

It is funny how lost you can feel and then have an encounter that makes you feel that you are doing just fine.  I welcomed our new neighbors and Troy's new co worker today.  Saw the same scared and lost look in the wife's eyes that I saw in the mirror when I first arrived here.  She has just the same amount of questions I had and still do.  She was worn out and nervous about her young kids and how they were going to take the move as I did.  I answered some questions for her.  Some I still can't answer being still fresh in the country but now have many more resources to help in the process.  As I left her empty new apartment she thanked me profusely, as I did my sponsor, Cheryl.  

Bottom line is, we all still need friends and a bit of attentiveness. Some one who cares how we are feeling even though we as military move a lot.  Be it Boston, California, Virgina, or France, just a friend, maybe not for life but someone with a commonality, someone who can help us get our feet wet in a new place without stumbling to much.  Someone who knows what we are going through and will face.  I had other plans today with Allie but explained to her that this is important to welcome and help a new friend as someone did for us.

As we left, I thought I might actually LIVE IN PARIS now.  I knew way more than I thought and I even new a little more French than I thought as well. All in all a rewarding day.

Tomorrow......the monkey family goes shopping in Belgium!!!!