Well...

It's over.

When it's all said and done I did things I never thought I could, would, and yes, sometimes even should do. I realize that all of this was an important experience. But when people ask me those annoying questions like "OMG, was it TOTALLY amazing?!?!" I really just don't know how to respond. In some ways, I recognize what an important thing it is to go to a far away place, look at the culture and examine how you yourself react to it and adapt to it. However, the I am still not entirely used to some of the changes I've seen within myself and in how I look at myself and the world--and I'm not entirely sure I like it either. I guess only time will tell how the lessons I've learned in China will manifest themselves in my life here.