There is nothing that quite beats hanging out with someone you feel you can completely be yourself around. The idea that you can just say whatever, eat whatever, and wear whatever and they would be like, awesome. I was informed when I first started teaching internationally that no one back home will really care about my experiences overseas. That person was so right.  I was hanging out with some people I went to high school with last night.  Some I knew better than others. Then one guy asked me a few questions and just seemed amazed that I could pack…