I am amazed at how easily I've worked myself back into American society. I expected more awkwardness and being overwhelmed, but perhaps that is only because I had to make such a drastic adjustment on the other end. I was worried that maybe I wouldn't fit any more, that possibly people have adjusted without me and I had adjusted without them. But after a couple of sleepless nights and wondering through the stores for bit, I felt back in the game. I've talked to people I haven't talked to in over a year as though we just saw each other yesterday. I spent an entire day with one of my best friends, who got herself a husband and a baby since I left, and we slid right back into our easy conversation and sarcastic banter back and forth. I can sit with my family and still feel connected and like we have so much to share with each other. It feels as though it has been ages since I've gotten to do some of these ordinary things, yet they still feel ordinary. Of course, everyone I know would love to have a few weeks off where they could do whatever they please....so I'm extremely blessed in that aspect alone. Those weeks may not have been spent as well though if I hadn't been out of the loop for a year. I can appreciate things I never even thought twice about before - Taking pictures at the botanical gardens, sitting in a park, roaming the library or bookstore, going for a long walk or jog, cuddling with an infant, not watching movies by myself, baseball games, dinners, dinners, dinners. And I got back just in time for the best weather of the year! Good Lord it has been gorgeous!
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