Back in the USA

So I arrived back in the States last night and for some odd reason it feels as if I've never left.  How does this happen?  How can it be that after five months of being away, I feel like it was just yesterday that I was in my room, driving my car and running errands?  I suppose it is because I by every sense of the phrase, hit the ground running.  Our flight got in, we returned home and I right away had to begin unpacking and doing laundry so that the next day I could complete a long list of items on my to-do-list.  

I suppose it is also because tonight (about 24 hours after returning) I began my summer class where I had already missed one session.  Low and behold there was no easing in at all, already I was two chapters behind and had a quiz on 3 chapters.  Yep, I am back in the American school system for sure, and if I want to pass I have to get back in to the mind set of scheduling, daily homework assignments and being in class for longer periods of time.  Gone are my days at Leeds where I only had sessions of one hour for each class once a week.  Gone are the days at Leeds when you could meander your way through the class, reading at your pace and working towards one essay that would be due many weeks into the semester.  Nope, that luxury is all over.  I now have to dance to the American tune.  Its back to to-do lists, schedules, early mornings and late nights.  I hoped this wouldn't happen, but I can't stop it, its inevitable.

I hope though, as I catch up to all of this I can use some of the English habits, of enjoying life a little more than what is listed in your planner.