Back in America!

I know I have been remiss in my postings since we have moved back to the United States but I'm hoping to get back on track.  I have finally started our new Blog, "Growing Up Luce" so that I can have a separation between our life in Prague and our new life here in America.  The main goal being to eventually take the Prague blog and create a book for the kids so that they will always have the memories from their years abroad.
Since moving back life has been unsettled.  Jason is living the weekdays in Cambridge and the girls and I are staying at my parents house.  It is quite difficult being separated from Jason all week.  Being essentially a single parent with no adult contact is not easy.  I know it would seem that it should be easier since I am with my parents but both of my parents still work full time so the only time I see them is from 6-9 at night which is the time we are having dinner and I am putting the kids to bed and preparing for the next day as are they.  By the time I'm ready to sit my parents are off to bed.  The other problem with living with my parents is that they live in the middle of nowhere.  It is a 45 minute drive to get anywhere so I have spent a lot of time in the car.  In the past month and a half I have driven about 4,500 miles (7,242 KM).  It is a lot of driving.  It will be nice when I can drive 5 minutes to the grocery store.  It is a 24 minute drive even to get something simple like milk now so I will not miss that. 

Add this unsettledness (for lack of a better word) to reverse culture shock and my first few weeks here were difficult.  Going to the grocery store was overwhelming.  I had to bring the kids with me since they aren't in school and I have no one to watch them.  As anyone knows going to the grocery store with kids is not enjoyable.  Well trying to go to the grocery store with kids and try to find items in an enormous store with fifty million items was very difficult.  I also found the loudness in the store overwhelming.  It was difficult to even hear myself think.  I have solved this problem a little bit by avoiding the large supermarket and going to a smaller local grocery store.  It has made life more enjoyable for sure.  I have found that avoidance is my best option until I am used to the loudness that surrounds me here.

After the first few weeks things did level out but life is really just in limbo until we actually move into our own home.  There is no point in making friends here when it is only temporary and any activity I do with the kids is temporary since we will move soon.  Fortunately we were very lucky and we found a house very quickly.  We are scheduled to close on the house on June 22nd and the movers will come on the 24th with all our stuff.  I can't wait!  I will start posting all the things we have done since we moved back over the next week.  You will see that while there have been some down days there have also been some up days.  It is all worth it as we delve into our next adventure with our girls as they are"Growing Up Luce".