I'm home again. I've been here a week and it feels like I never left. Family is always like that, they make transitions simple.
What has been harder to deal with is all the day-to-day craziness. Things that I simply can not understand with my acquired European frame of mind.
Example 1:
Having to justify medical care for all children. Yes, they do better in school. Yes, they are more likely to have better health as adults. Better reason: they are human beings, they should have access to the most basic necessities.
Example 2:
If a non-US citizen marries a US citizen, they must return to their country of origin for an "unspecified" period of time. A German (no job, no education)woman married to a guy from Irvine is back in the US in a few weeks. A Mexican guy (PhD student, working at the university) married to a Chicana has been in Mexico for almost two years. Hmmmmmm, makes you think.
Example 3:
The whole immigration craziness. 'Nuff said.
But other than that, the OC is a nice place to visit...
