You know your a PCV living in Africa when........

You know you're a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa when...

..walking around holding a roll of toilet paper seems like a
completely normal thing to do.
..Sitting under a tree watching goats graze is considered a "productive day"
..you stare when you see a white person you don't know
..the length of time it takes you to walk anywhere is wholy dependent
on how many people happen to be in their yards along the way
..knee length skirts are shocking, but toplessness is not
..two weeks, three countries, and three changes of clothes in a
backpack seems about right
..seeing a movie in a theatre is a good bargain, but buying a book is
an unthinkable expense
..you have come to realize that the monkeys in the park's play pretty
much the same role as squirrels in America but you persist in taking
pictures of them anyway
..there is a rooster you would like to kill, if only he weren't
dangerously close to your size
..you are considered the eminent expert on professional wrestling
dispite being able to count you're WWE viewing sessions on one hand
..you are outraged whenever the fare for a 30 minute taxi ride goes up
30 cents US dollars
..you are not outraged whenever your 30 minute taxi ride takes 2 hours
..you are stuck in an overcrowded bus for 10 hours in 120 degree heat
and no one is willing to open the windows for fear of catching the flu
..you can identify an otherwise unmarked strecth of road by the
pattern of the potholes
..when walking down the street, small children shout "white person"
and point at you but as you walk towards them they run away screaming
in terror
..you find government employees sleeping on the floor of their offices
in the middle of the work day
..when buying clothes you think "how hard would this be to wash in a bucket?"
..the fact that peptobismal turns vomit black is a standard and
essential element of your knowledge base
..showering every day seems like a decotive vacation
..you live in an almost constant state of exestential anxiety about
whether or not you are driving on the wrong side of the road no matter
which side you happen to be on
..you're cognizant of being the worst dressed person in your village
and you don't care
..you double up on words beyond the standard shop shop and now now so
that such phrases as soon soon, past past, long long, and hot hot are
part in parcel with your everyday vocabulary
..if you have to choose between whether you would rather loose your
passport or your adapter you would choose the passport
..30 kilometers is considered a pretty short distance
..you don't think twice about going potty in a plastic bag at night as
a way to avoid leaving your hut
..you have so many random bags that when you travel you look like a gipsy
..you will drink and enjoy anything that is cold
..if you're taking public transport and your lap is empty, there is
always room for more people
..you immediately loose your ability to estimate distances and waving
your hand towards a certain place is considered giving directions
..if a problem arises, your first reaction is a single big long sigh
..you secretly enjoy African pop music including Klito (sp?) and
KwasaKwasa (sp?)
..you enjoy eating maize meal and even order it at restaurants
..you're menstrual cycle coincides with the moon cycle
..basically, you have no shame
..you can never act more crazy than your African counterparts already
think you are
..spiders are no longer the enemy, but your trusted ally in the
constant battle against bugs
..you let complete strangers crash at your place just because they speak English
..you've lost track of how many marriage proposals you've received.
..you know how to make alcohol with local ingredients
..a long work day is six hours
..you distinguish between your Peace Corps family and your American family
..those eggs have been sitting out in the sun all day, sure i'll take two
..you realize that every village must have its token crazy person
..you stare at foriegn tourists as much as the locals
..when you actually realize you miss having a salad
..when you know if someone at your site says "yes" it means
"definitely not", "maybe" means "probably not" and "no" means "no"
..when you have a story for every possible topic in life that starts
with "when i lived in Africa..."