I have exactly two more months left in Ghana

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and I have been here for over three months now. 

Here are some aspects about life in Ghana that no longer phase me:

Seeing people carry things on their heads.

Seeing mothers carry their babies on their backs. 

Drinking water out of plastic bags (which we call sachets).  

The electricity periodically shutting off.

The water occasionally not running.

Bathing out of a bucket more often than not.

Cold showers. 

Washing my clothes by hand. 

Throwing used toilet paper in a trash can instead of flushing it down the toilet. 

Hearing people around me speak in Twi or Fante. And being quizzed on my Twi or Fante language skills on a regular basis (often by complete strangers). 

Putting canned milk or powdered milk in my coffee. 

Yellow/green oranges, green lemons, and yellow limes. 

Covering my food with another plate when I am not eating to keep away flies, ants, and other undesireable things. 

Sharing a kitchen with almost twenty other people. 

Being hissed at when someone is trying to get my attention, as well as hissing when I am trying to get someone's attention (I did not foresee ever adapting to this!)

Having no control over what channel or show I am watching on the TV  (but it's a lot of NCIS and Storage Wars and 90's music videos).

Taking public transportation almost everywhere. 

Sweating. Like, a lot of sweating. On my face. 

That concludes my list! Two more months of living this way. It will be interesting to see how I adjust back to the U.S. in April. 

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