Being the president means that your life is far from normal.
Leaving the White House wasn’t an automatic return to normal life, though.
Obama toldPeoplethat he often fantasized about a return to anonymity.
Of course, that didn’t happen.
“I was disabused of that fairly quickly.”
But there are things that I can do that I couldn’t do as president," he said.
“When we were inMartha’s Vineyardthis summer Michelle and I would go take bike rides.”
Obama said that he got a hint of normal life this summer.
So it’s not all the way back, but, 70, 75 percent back.
That’s not bad."
Michelle Obamapreviously opened up about how much more peaceful her life is outside of the White House.
I would forget on Tuesday what had happened on Monday."
