A Return

After three months I have returned back to the United States. I'll be back in London in two weeks, have no fear, but being back is both surreal and soothing. I think for anyone who lives abroad for an extended period of time coming "home" is surreal... accompanied with fears about what you left, what you have to go back to, and the familiar, "home" is almost harder to deal with emotionally because it accompanies a whole range of pain, love, fear, and hate. But on some odd level... it's soothing. It's soothing to come back to familiar faces who have known me since I was a baby, to a familiar house. It's also surreal - I love London and can't wait to go back because I have friends and a sort-of-life there too. But right now, amidst all of the angst and love, I'm happy and excited to be back... even if it is for a short while.