We now have only two months left on our first foreign service tour. The time has flown by, just like my two years in Peace Corps. Upon arrival it seems like two years is a long time. But at the end, you feel like you are just getting to know the place and your job. There will be time at the end to recognize and celebrate what an amazing country Nepal is, but for now I just wanted to note the time we have left. I can't help starting to look ahead. I've been watching videos about Uruguay on You Tube and studying the map of Montevideo. I really like what I see so far. It will be SO different from Kathmandu and Nepal, for better and worse. But that is the nature of this gig and why I like it. Every few years a new culture, language, city, work environment, job description. It's not for everyone, and maybe not even more me forever, but for now it is very exciting. Though, I am perhaps most excited about the rock climbing gym that is only blocks away from where we will likely live in Montevideo. I've also been pleased to see that I've maintained a lot of my Spanish. I've read a few news articles and understood narration on You Tube videos. And yet the Foreign Service language institute believes I'm a "0/0" in Spanish, meaning I know nothing, because I've never tested in Spanish. But seven years of Spanish between high school and a minor in college, combined with a summer in Costa Rica and learning Portuguese, means I know un pocito. It should come pretty easily. But back to the present. Two more months in Kathmandu. Not bad. Not bad at all.
