– You buy Christmas presents at gas stations (“Esso On the Run”)
– Your Christmas tree is made of tissue paper and pipe cleaner decorations
– You get compliments on your dirt tan
– You get excited when you find a few bills in the pocket of a pair of shorts you put on, only to realize it’s last month’s currency
– Your boogers are always black when you come back from little villages
– Geckos crawling down your bedroom walls becomes normal
– You kill at least one tarantula per day
– You are grateful for a cold shower at any time of day because it’s always ridiculously hot
– When talking about risky situations, you say, “oh well, at least it’d be a better way to die than diarrhea”
– You take a bath and scrub your body with a wash cloth for the first time in a very long time and the white cloth turns brown
– You get to time travel (we completely skipped Friday, January 6th)
– It becomes normal to see roosters and chickens running around your yard
– If you acquire 2 new things you know you must get rid of 2 things
– You pack, unpack, and repack your life twice a month
– You eat unidentifiable objects and hope for the best
– Ice cream becomes your favourite food group (because it’s so cheap, and so hot outside)
– There may be wild animals fighting outside your window at 3am
– A 10 hour bus ride doesn’t seem so bad
– Riding in the back of pick-up trucks becomes normal
– You haven’t worn a seat belt in 4 months
