Safe arrival!

Well, I made it here alive! Thanks for all your support, everyone who helped get me this far. It has been a chaotic few days, which has certainly NOT been helped by my arrival here so far. Wow, I'd forgotten all the booby traps that this country could lay for the unsuspecting foreigner. On getting in yesterday afternoon, all I wanted to do was to check in at the headquarters, take a shower, and sleep for about 12 hours. All three of those activities have met with tremendous resistance. Finding a place to withdraw additional money from a foreign bank account at 8:00 in the evening was a challenge. So was trying to figure out my gas water heater - that one actually defeated me. Cold shower for Caffery last night. And now, my body's not even letting me sleep. Stupid internal clock. Anyway, though, despite my griping, I'm here and glad to be here! Today, hopefully I can purchase some more things for the house (if Bank of America doesn't decide to freeze my account due to unfamiliar location) and meet some of the neighbors. I'll start when it's not 3:10 in the morning anymore. Resuming attempts to sleep now.