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July 08, 2005
Back something again in Indiana
I made it back to the US, and though I suppose this is home, It doesn't totally feel like it. I kind of feel like I'm visiting a foreign country. I was driving through Huntington yesterday, and at an intersection I had a moment of panic. I wasn't sure what to do. I don't even remember US traffic laws! Of course, I never really knew the traffic laws in Hungary and the other European countries I drove in, but the point is that this is supposed to be home. I should know these things. I used to know these things.
I find that being away from the US (my supposed home) has made me a lot more critical of it. I don't like big parking lots. I'm frustrated that there are only 3 grocery stores in a town of 19,000 people and I have to drive to get to any of them. No one is walking. I saw a lady take her trash to the end of her 30 ft driveway in her car. Good gracious! Of course, during the year that I lived on Conlon street, I was a block from the grocery store, and I think I drove there every time but once. So I shouldn't point fingers.
I am, however, very glad to see people. There are many many people around here who I like and love and who feel the same way about me. So for that reason, I'm glad to be here. I am looking forward to visiting all these wonderful friends and family members.
But today, I'm can't say I'm back "home". I'm not sure where home is. I feel like I left home last Tuesday.
Posted by neal on July 8, 2005 06:53 PM