You know You're on The World Race When………..
You get excited about a toilet that flushes itself!
You can count how many showers you have taken this month…. On one hand!
The best purchase you could ever make is a sewing kit!
You no longer refer to months as July, August, and September instead they become Albania, Serbia, and Romania!
You use terms such as month Month Twelve, Janky, Feedback, Post office, World Race Nice, and Struggle Bus.
You are wearing the strangest combination of clothes.. Stuff you wouldn’t even wear to bed at home.
Anywhere you go the Wi-Fi is probably slow, mostly because there is 50 people trying to upload pictures to Instagram and get the latest episodes of How I Met Your Mother.
Sometimes things are said such as “Something really stinks, I think its me” –Marie
You wear socks with Flip Flops and think to yourself “They really don’t look THAT bad!”
You share a room the size of your closet at home, with 4 girls, and their 4 packs!
You go to a Mexican restaurant and cry when you see clean Americans walk in! (Really this happened…. They were real tears!)
When you actually walk across a country border!
The phrase “Hole in One” isn’t referring to golf, its referring to squatty potties.
Alone time is considered sitting in a room with 8 people with headphones in. Avoiding all eye contact.
Nutella and Peanut Butter actually becomes a “healthy lunch”.
When the feeling of finding a clean bathroom, with toilet paper is better than the feeling of falling in love.
When a 28 hour travel day sounds like a piece of cake.
When Oreos, Snickers and Chocolate become a major food group!
You cry with excitement when your shower water is above 50 degrees Fahrenheit!
When it is acceptable to not brush your teeth for a few days.
You take a quick weekend trip to Greece!
When “moist” becomes a word of punishment for your roommates.
When your new brush is actually just a lice comb!
When someone wants to hang out they say “Lets have a one on one”….I hate this.. with a passion!
When you refuse to pay more than 1 USD for lunch…. When American money is no longer considered “money” but instead is referred to as “USD”.
Losing weight is no longer referring to your body but to your pack.
One of your short term goals is to drink at least a full bottle of water a day!
When you are debating about ditching your malaria pills so you can keep your name brand body wash.
Coffee machines quickly replace Starbucks!
At 7:30pm you play one more game of spades just so you don’t go to bed before 8!
You realize that toilet paper is a luxury, and it has been replaced with a hose.
At any given moment there could be at least 6 people touching you that you do not know, because you are in a micro bus that should only fit 8 but has magically fit 30 people!
Bucket showers no longer scare you.
Hanging up 15 hammcks on one swing set is the best idea ever!
You happily hop in an auto with 20 children and 7 adults.
You cry yourself to sleep because you so desperately miss your kids in India.
You spend every waking minute with 7 people you didn’t know before the race but now couldn’t imagine not knowing!
