Well I am finally back home, and of course it's great to be back, although it's as little weird. I've spent approximately one year and seven months being away and dreaming about being home, with my family, in a familiar place where people actually speak English as their native language. Now I'm back and it's kind of shocking, after everything else. There was that year of study times, naps, saying the rosary, eating rice, taking bucket baths. Then I got used to moving around, studying yoga, learning to meditate, looking at temples, going on camel safaris. Then I had to adjust to life traveling in Europe...cafes, brasseries, Turkish baths, grand cathedrals, hostel dorm rooms. And now that I am home, I have to adjust to being home. Carpeted floors all over the place, endless free internet
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