Back in the USA

I have been back in the USA for three weeks now and it has been a strange experience.

I had forgotten about things like traffic, high-speed internet and large selections of salad dressings in supermarkets.

Truthfully it hasn't been easy...I keep in contact with my friends and family in Turkmenistan, but of course it isn't the same. We talk about what I've missed over the past two months and laugh about how I am forgetting my language skills.

But every time I go to a yoga class, concert, or book shop out here, I remind myself that this is where I need to be.

So what's next? After a nice break at my parent's house in Los Angeles I am moving back up to San Francisco.

I think about Turkmenistan every day, but life goes on, and hopefully someday in the future I will be able to return.