Better Than Neutral

I have been very much in denial about reverse culture shock. I spent twenty-four years here in the States, and one year in Asia, meaning the former should heavily outweigh the latter. These things should feel normal, and the first month at home I did feel normal. I have been so excited to indulge in all the luxuries that have come with my return, that I haven't really paid any attention as to how or where I was going to fit. It's mostly out and about, crowds, and especially at work I find myself feeling slightly disoriented, literally. Being thrown into 8 or 9 hour days with co-workers and customers is a whole different scenario than lying on the couch with pizza or nachos. I felt the first bit of being overwhelmed when I walked into Target and the grocery store, but I was too enthralled and could leave after I soaked in enough for the day. A part of me deeply misses Korea - the children, the culture, the explorations, even the solitude. As odd as it sounds, I was able to get lost there. There was was a freedom I had over there, and just as I had to adjust to that, I am having to adjust to some of the same things I left behind, as well as
another new chapter. That, again, is wonderfully exciting and scary at the same time.