An inch closer

As time goes by, I am feeling the distance kicking in. Prior to arrival, upon arrival, and prior to departure, my program handed out a packet on culture shock. We were all so overwhelmed with excitement that we tossed it aside thinking, How the hell could we be culture shocked by our own culture. Needless to say, we were seriously mistaking. The three month mark of being home is coming up and I'm still irritated by the American culture and daily life. Italy and Europe as a whole taught me to think outside of the box and now I just refuse to get back in. They warned us about thinking outside this box while living in Europe. They forgot to tell us to do it back in America.