Thursday, September 27, 2012

You know you’ve been in Chad to long when……



You growl after you snatch the last piece of chocolate….Carlie.
Pooping in a toilet is a luxury.
When a dozen flies land on you and you just don’t care.
When the smell of urine, vomit, breast milk and diarrhea doesn’t bother you.
When you don’t stop for the children in the middle of the road.
When the sounds of church bells, screech owls and funeral drums don’t keep you up at night.
When your able to tell when a baby is about to pee on you.
When you think that dark area on your arm is a tan when really its built up dirt.
When the condition of a 3rd world hospital appears normal. (rats, bats and topless women)
When you don’t notice that everyone is staring at you.
When you answer when someone yells out “Nasara”.
When your primary language is “Frenchlish”.
When you prefer the outside shower surrounded by a grass fence and occupied by lizards instead of an indoor shower.
When your worst shopping addiction is ethnic handmade baskets.
When it drops below 85oF and you reach for a sweater and a blanket.
When getting mail feels like you’ve won the lottery.
When you can predict the weather by how well your cell phone is working.
When you race out of the shower because you thought you heard an elephant but it ended up being a cow in distress.

Life is never boring in the bush.

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