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Ten reasons why it’s time to go home…

10.  I actually have come to like the smell of chlorine.

9.  Three pieces of toast with either frozen butter or lukewarm jelly, but not both, tastes good every morning for breakfast.

8.   A bin los pan una.  (I have not been seen by anyone in the States for a long time)

7.  Wearing rubber boots all day long no longer hurts my feet terribly after a couple of hours due to huge calluses on my big toes. (BTW, does anyone who designs boots actually wear them?--inquiring minds want to know?)

6.  I never get tired of the waitress replying every night excitedly, as if it was a gourmet restaurant, in response to my question, "Well, what do you have tonight?  --"We have feesh, or we have chicken, with rice". (Well, that is not completely true--sometimes she says, "We have chicken, or we have feesh, with rice.")

5.  Small annoyances no longer bother me, such as having an inadequate supply of water or phone credit.  (Again, maybe not completely true, but at least I have learned to not stress about it)

4.  I have learned not to include the word 'maybe' in my sentences. In order to not appear callous when someone asks me to bring them a present back from my break, for example, I would say, 'Maybe I'll bring something back," meaning I probably won't.  However, I should have realized that anyone who desperately wants something does not have receptors in the brain for the word 'maybe'….

3.  I have learned how to make the clicking sound in the back of your throat that can express many different things--such as 'I hear you', 'I agree with you', 'I disagree with you', or 'I have a wad of something caught in the back of my throat.'

2.  I have read all the books that I have in my possession...

And, the number 1 reason that it is time to go home is.......

1.  Our wedding is only 9 weeks away!!!