Being home after the big trip is a little odd.
Without the feeling of being a refugee, deadlines and so on the stress is less. However when I was on "vacation" we had respite and I'm back to the day to day of being a parent. I'm still not sure if I'm cut out for this. For sure, it erodes your relationship with your partner into a functional arrangement to provide for the kids and to try - befuddledly - to keep yourself and your mate happy.
What's clear to me is that I have nobody to talk to, who can relate or be in any way helpful on these things.
With Joan going back to work in the new year a whole host of new problems will come up, while others will get solved.