I had to laugh today because i felt i'd had an adventure by going to a different mall for lunch when @Soupe du jour has moved house and home across the ocean and that is a REAL adventure! I'm sorry to read the expat hike got postponed. I know you were really counting on it and looking forward to it. But i know you'll enjoy it when it happens. Making your own friends will make a real difference.

You're so busy setting up your household and that has to be the priority but carving out an hour a day sometime soon for language learning will probably increase your comfort by an order of magnitude. Books are fine but i so enjoyed the Mango Languages flash card app and hear good things about Duolingo also. "Faites attention a les innondations sur les routes." That's French for, "Beware of flooding on the roads." Not super useful... But fun!

I felt less sedated today. I don't know if it's the benzo taper or just the sunshine but i'll take it. Do you know they have music in the mornings?!

I've been to a few mental health ZOOM events over the past couple days and enjoyed myself. My dog is quite the attention w!or3 and wants to be on camera with me almost the whole time. The events have been good company.