Readjusting Home

Hello family! =)

It's about 7 am and I'm up and running (not that I have to do anything in particular, but that my body told me it was time to get up). Ever since we came back from Uganda I've been on this early to bed, early to rise schedule - which I guess is a good thing because Dustin goes to work about the time I wake up so I can say goodbye to him, instead of my normal sleepy mumblings of "G...bye...Love...See you."

I've loved reading the entries so far and decided it was my turn to write a little something. The readjustment home after our trip has been interesting for me. After spending 2 1/2 weeks surrounded by people every minute of the day it feels really weird to spend all of this time alone at home. I've found myself starting up conversations with random people as I run my errands, which is very uncanny for me.

I had a funny cross-cultural experience at church the Sunday we came back too. In Uganda everytime we would meet someone we would either shake his/her hand or hug that person. There was always a physical connection made. I got really used to that and I guess lost the need to keep my personal space as we do here in America. So we're at church on Sunday (about 3 days after coming back) and it's time to greet one another. I turn to greet the guy next to me (who's in our young adult group) and he doesn't move - not to face me, not to shake my hand. He just stands where he is facing foward and says hello to me. It was sooooo weird! I had this need to at least shake his hand but I couldn't. Then what was even stranger was when I was walking around hugging and greeting other people I ended up hugging one of the older men in our church (like in his 40's or 50's). I had never hugged him before in the 2 years we've been at this church. Haha. oops. I realized how awkward it was to hug him after I did it. It was like a jolt back into America.

So I guess I have to think a little bit before I do things now as I adjust back to the States. I have to ask myself, "Is this what we do in America?" =P