Loose ends...

Well, as of today I can say I FINALLY feel settled and like an actual resident of Dubai. I say that because as of this week I have finally finished all the kind of bureaucratic odds and ends that I needed to do to feel like my residency in this country is complete. I got my visa and driver's license about a month ago and then have been working on getting a bank account and PO Box for the last couple weeks. Not having a visa for all those months was really holding me up, but once that was done everything else could be done and has kind of fallen into place. I opened a PO Box on Tuesday and got my bank account sorted yesterday by getting my Debit card finally activated. Now, I can start living like a normal person again who doesn't have to always pay for things with cash like a drug dealer or have all my mail send c/o Jared at work. Yippeee. At last I can be a functional adult in Dubai society.