it's all about the small victories, just a couple language stories to give you an idea of what life is like battling the language, i (kyle) was assigned to doing some repair and painting work at our team office and after getting the walls prepared i headed out with all the key words i figured i needed, a paint chip of the colour i wanted and the dimensions of the wall. well unknown to me i picked the one paint shop in town that had a rookie on the job. in my head i thought, easy enough bring the paint chip in say i want the new paint a little darker and here are the dimensions i need to cover with paint. after explaining all this the girl looked back at me and with a look of confusion said "micsoda" (what did you say), i knew i was off to a bad start. i explained it again and she handed me a small can of paint for a door. when i needed a large pail of paint for a concrete wall! well after much explaining i finally called a friend who was able to explain what i needed. i also realized half way through i said "fa" (tree) instead of "fal" (wall) she was apparently new on the job and didn't know how to mix paint so i had to by paint dye and mix it myself, at first the mix turned out purple but after some more colour i was able to find the colour i needed. as i stood in the shop with her looking at me like i was from another planet i felt like walking out and giving up on the whole language thing, then this past sunday rolled along and we had to rush out with a visiting german family as their girls had bronchitis to find a pharmacy that was open. both parents were doctors and knew what prescription was needed but legally they can't just prescribe at the pharmacy here. but we didn't want to wait till monday to see a doctor so off we went, thankfully we experienced a very kind pharmacist and my extremely talented wife who seems to have the nack for hungarian and was able to explain the situation and we left with what we needed and some much needed confidence with hungarian.

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