How am I doing? Really.

I've been asked recently if I know my way around San Francisco yet?

Let's see. I get lost constantly. Drives that should take me twenty minutes easily take me forty. The day that I took the bus to work, I got on the wrong bus home.

And yet...

I recognize street names. I get lost, but I easily find my way home. I'm discovering back roads, alternate routes, and how to bypass those dreaded one way streets. When I took the wrong bus, I still managed to find my way home with ease (albeit by walking more than a few blocks out of the way.)

Okay, so I can hardly pass for a native. But I'm learning.

I'll get there.