Okay, so we're home. We've been home (like home, home in Fort Myers) since March 14th, and I've gotten a lot of questions about being home: have we settled in? How is re-entry? Is it surreal?
Honestly, answering these questions have made me realize that I haven't (and presumably "we") actually processed this trip. We flew to LA, had a great time, and then plopped down into Fort Myers, where life picked up almost where it began.
Since we've been back, we've kayaked, I've gone to a reggae festival, Conan has gone to the Miami Open, we've had visits from great friends, Conan has been to Chicago and back, and our April isn't looking much slower. We're right back where we left off: being busy and enjoying life.
But have we actually processed this trip? I don't think so. And, I'm not even sure how to process it. We started this week with unpacking our various souvenirs from our travel, which was fun, but did we fully process this experience? Not really. Heck, I even did a meditation today about processing emotions (funnily enough Insight Timer does NOT have a guided meditation on how to process 7 months of international travel).
I'm sure the way to process is the way one would process almost everything: sit with it, write about it (doing it!), revisit the good and the bad, and allow it to just be. Maybe it will integrate the way it is supposed to, and I suppose it doesn't do me any good aggressively trying to "process" this experience. Just let it be.
So thanks for reading. A friend told me I should keep going with this blog, and I think I just might. Maybe it will help me and maybe it will help you!
