It makes me happy to know that you took the chance to live a different lifestyle then your normal one. No one can take away what you learned by living another way for a while and you will always have those times to look back on and not regret that you didn't try.
Not many people can say that so, in the end, it's a happy fun life story that didn't hurt anyone.
Kudo's to your Mom for making you go back to work though LOLL