So I figured I'd drop in for another update. At this point my German is good enough that I understand pretty mucheverything. I still have a rather strong accent, and don't think that will ever change but I feel like I've come a really long way with the language and though I know my German is sometimes quite bad I am generally able to speak fairly well and people almost always understand me. I've got vacation starting on Friday, and my parents (the biological ones not the German ones) will be coming to visit me for a week, so that should be quite interesting. The weather here in Sachsen Anhalt has been quite good for the last few days so I've started chopping wood again, and though both of my sets of glasses are broken (not my fault!) I can manage quite well without them, and for bike riding and stuff like that I still have a pair of sunglasses with perscription lenses.