Back in the good old US of A!  Couldn’t be happier about being home…but I am really weirded out by how many white people there are here.  Aside from that, the culture shock has been mild.  And it’s not like I’ve eased myself back into Western life.  It’s more like I tested the Western waters by doing a belly flop.  When I got off my flight (awful flight, by the way.  Ethiopian Airlines, you will be getting a letter from me) the parents had a cup of Starbucks coffee waiting for me.  We then went to a diner, where I ate my weight in chocolate chip pancakes.  After a shower (water pressure is so amazing), we went to both Costco (free samples are so amazing too) and the mall and then ate dinner in front of the TV.  The only way the day could have been more American would have been if I were wearing Wranglers and muttering “If those people are going to be in my country, they need to speak my language.”    

Home, sweet, home!