has it really been a two whole months since i last wrote here? it hasn’t felt long to me at all. i’ve been so busy just enjoying time with my family and relishing winter (read: hibernating in the best way!), unpacking into our new apartment, and just getting my bearings around here.

so i’m wondering what advice you all have for easing back into your own culture after spending time in another country? i’d say i’m doing pretty good so far, i’ve always been able to adjust pretty good, and being homesick is rare for me. but i know lots of you out there have gone through this transition before, and been away longer than i have. what do you do to get reintegrated? any tips for when you miss things? i think i’m still in the sweet honeymoon stage of being home, but i wonder if i should anticipate a mood swing from indulging my wanderlust for so long?

p.s. if you haven’t signed up to receive true nature updates in your inbox (see sidebar if you’d like to) then you may not know that i’ve been sharing some snapshots from what i did over the holidays. a few days of being really sick in bed has given me some time to upload them, and even though they are just snapshots, they’re filled with good times.

okay – this sick girl is bringing the blankets to the couch for the LOST premiere this evening. (not to rub it in to my friends in south america…i promise i won’t spill what happens!)