The Honeymoon phase is over...

Well i've been home just over a month. Whoever said that going away was the hardest part had it all wrong. Coming home is proving to be somewhat of a challenge.
Tips for those returning from a long sejour:
1. YOUR OUT OF THE LOOP! You've been gone a year. To a large extent home never changes, but little things here and there do.
-friend dynamics can change
-you miss little references to things that have gone on in your absence
2. If they weren't there people don't want to hear about it!
People may say they want to hear about your travels, but the truth is they don't! It's not a mean thing, it's just that if they haven't lived it, they can't understand it. Some will try to but the "one time in france..." stories will lose their glamour pretty quickly!
3. Have you ever noticed that when your away you only ever hear the bad. Sensationalism at its finest! When you come home the same is true. At least for a while. Friends will want to fill you in on their woes. So be prepared to the shoulder that they have been waiting for, until you get back into the swing of things and get to see the good and bad as they unfold around you.
Reverse homesickness is a completely natural thing, and it will wear down with time, but be prepared for the fact that it will never completely go away! The places we travel are rarely changed by our presence, but we are forever changed by the people we meet and the places we see. To this day I still get reverse homesickness for Jasper, in the month of March, that sejour was in 2002! I can only imagine how much I'll crave France!