I know what you mean. It always takes me a few days when I get out of the Middle East to adjust. It's sort of surreal to me when I first get home.
And you're right....DON'T talk about that war! It's like you're crashing someone's fun-fest if you dare mention it. It'w weird, but at home, I've come to feel a little like I'm on the outside looking in (and it was never that way before) and here, I feel like I'm where I belong.
And we do actually forget about the war here, too, believe it or not. Not for long periods of time (there are so many nice little reminders...LOL), but we can get engrossed in things and forget where we are for a bit.
"It's weird, but at home, I've come to feel a little like I'm on the outside looking in (and it was never that way before) and here, I feel like I'm where I belong."
Well, I hope you're snug in bed now and that someone kissed you and hugged you and tucked you goodnight. No one is every too old for that (One of the finer pleasures of life IMHO : )
I'm very thankful for this thread today, because while you and I know we're not alone when we are where we feel very 'out of place', it's a bit of a relief now and then to hear someone else say so. I hope you're sleeping tight, not letting the bedbugs, muzzies, and dems bite. Mwuah!