As I had promised, here is my final blog post ever about adjusting back to my life in the land of the free and the home of the brave. It’s been about a week and a half since my plane touched down in NYC and my life is pretty much completely back to normal. It is hard to believe how fast time went by when I was abroad and its weird for me to say that I am now a senior at American University. Since my last two years of high school I feel that my life has been put in fast forward, but they say time flies when your having fun I guess?
It was quite a surprise to me at how fast I adjusted back to life in the USA. I thought that it would take a while for me to go back to my old ways and life prior to making believe that I was British for 4 months. Sure I had to get used to cars driving on the correct side of the road and using American Dollars instead of those expensive monopoly currencies they call Pounds and Euros, but overall I realized that life in Europe is not that different from life in the USA. Unlike many undeveloped cities and countries throughout the world where you can have a complete culture shock, Europe is quite wealthy and has a living standard equal or higher than the US. Sure there might be a language barrier or some differences in culture between Americans and Europeans, but the bottom line is that they are not that different from each other. After some initial jetlag and small changes in my life such as driving again, using US dollars and getting used to living with my parents again, it was quite easy adjusting back to life in the US.
It has been nice being back in my own house and seeing my parents again. On my first day here my friends were still home for Easter break so it was great seeing them once again. After only a few days here I took a trip to DC for the weekend so I could see all my college friends once again before they all went home for finals. I was very lucky to be able to attend my frat, Alpha Kappa Psi’s formal for the semester. Originally it was scheduled for a few weeks ago, but it was cancelled because of tornados (formal was on a boat!). It was great seeing everyone once again and it felt as if I never left the US. Special thanks to my friend Lauren for having me over. Although it was great seeing everyone, I did not do anything too crazy the rest of my time there since everyone was really busy studying for finals (AU is a legit school, unlike the joke FIE).
Well, that’s all folks, my last blog post ever. Congratulations, you have officially survived reading my blog. Thanks to everyone who read my posts (over 1,500 views!), especially my superfans Seth Borko and Mike Conte. I hope you enjoyed reading all about my time in Europe.
-Rees
