As it turns out, post-mission life isn't all it's cracked up to be. Every missionary dreams of the day that he will disembark that airplane home, embrace his family and take a step towards his new life free of the stresses that come from being a full-time missionary for the Latter-Day Saint church. The day that he will be able to nap on Sunday afternoons, take more than an hour for lunch, stay up past 10:30pm, etc. Ironically, it didn't take long before this certain missionary began feeling the same thing for Brazil that he had felt for his home just days before arriving, probably best described as longing. I just can't win.
Life in the mission is exciting and fast paced. Lots of things happen during a single day, which makes it easy to write about. Life home is not, which makes it difficult to write about. Who wants to read about the movies I watched last night, or the hours I spent adjusting my Facebook homepage?
As a recently returned missionary, I have learned several new things. First I've learned that life as a couch potato is not fulfilling.
I've learned that days really need to be planned, because when they aren't, nothing happens.
I've learned that isolation is tragic and depressing.
Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed myself during these past three weeks of being home. Maine is a lovely place, and has been especially beautiful during these past few days following a snowstorm (the first of the season!). I've been re-learning how to drive, play guitar, and read books as a pass-time rather than obligatory study material, and of course have been reconnecting with my family whom I had not seen for two years.
I basically wanted to write this to apologize for the lack of material recently, and would like to assure all that dansisco.blogspot.com will never die. It may just remain in a dormant state for a little while, until my life becomes more exciting and document-able. Probably between now and Christmas.
Thank you all for your support!
Dan Sisco (formerly known as Elder)
