It is such a weird feeling!

So true! Especially the personal space. It’s funny to see people in the grocery stores putting so much effort into not touching others when they pass. It’s actually almost comical.

We definitely are not cut out for planned communities and carefully manicured lifestyles. That’s for darn sure. Before we left the States, I didn’t really feel all that connected to US culture as it was, now much less so. We shall see. Right now we’re ready to go back to Europe where we felt at home, but we’ll wait until we’re back in Washington state before we make any big decisions.

It will be interesting to see how being settled feels for me as well. We were in one spot for a few months in Mexico, but being in a foreign country always offers something new even if you’ve already seen the sights. I think I will feel similarly to you, esp if we stay in the States.

I’ve been following you guys for a bit now and I always find your posts amusing – very candid. I appreciate that tremendously.

While you are reintegrating back into the States, my husband and I are reintegrating into London life after 26 months on the road. London is the epicenter of travel, the hub of the wheel, if you will (in my opinion anyway) with lots of cultures happily living side by side (and lots of opportunities to cheaply jet off somewhere new) – and still I am struggling after almost a month.

It is the absence of movement, the absence of always seeing something new, the absence of feeling alive and spirited that I think is the hardest for me.

I have to keep reminding myself of everything that being in one place offers: great wifi, the same bed, a good shower, the ability to cook what you want when you want, community, and what I’m now finally enjoying (after all the unpacking and cleaning and sorting): productivity and the ability to work toward the next chapter. I’ll enjoy following your transition to see what finally does it for you.

This too shall pass,
Krista