Reverse Culture Shock

I thought that was a big joke. But it's not. Well, to be honest, i'm not shocked by my own culture. Obviously. It's not hard for me to rejust being back in america on a cultural level.

It's difficult being back on a normal level. It's so difficult being back in my suburban town. Where i am stuck. Not having the tube just a few blocks away, and an entire magical city at my feet. Where i can do anything, even hop on a train and fly to another country. Anything. But instead, i'm back in the states and i can't even get into town.

It's like being dunked in hot water and then immediately thrust into freezing. Not time to really adjust. Not that i really thought i'd need adjusting. It's easy enough falling back into an old routine, or old habits. But i just spent the last four months trying to break out of my old habits.

I know it will get easier, and that eventually everything will fall back to normal but i'm not really looking forward to that either. I think what all us LDA kids are feeling right now, is that we just want to go back.   Although i love being home and seeing my family and friends who i have missed desperately--i really just want to go back to that city that i had begun calling my home.