you know you've been to uganda when...

My teammates and I put together this list when we were sitting in the Addis Ababa airport for three hours. Feel free to add more if you've been to Uganda too!

• You respond to people calling you "muzungu"
• You start calling other people "muzungus"
• You get excited to see other muzungus when in town
• You crave chocolate milkshakes
• You don't quite have the conversion to shillings down yet
• You never want to see rice or peas again
• The Islamic call to worship is your alarm clock
• You sweat even when you aren't hot
• Your intestines have stopped working for at least a week
• You have shared a shower with bats and rats
• You have shared your bed with roaches
• You have gone through a pint of hand sanitizer in a day
• You know that mosquito nets are used to keep out all kinds of insects and rodents - not just mosquitos
• You don't get nervous when you see a car coming straight towards you at 90mph
• You have brushed your teeth with pink lemonade because you ran out of bottled water
• You walk bow-legged because your thighs have chafed together from walking so much in the heat
• You are not offended if someone calls you fat
• You have at least one suitcase full of beaded jewelry and you left all of your belongings behind
• You can count up to five in Lugandan
• Every morning you ask, "What was that screaming noise last night?"
• You are used to hearing strange sounds coming from the trees
• Your idea of a gourmet meal is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
• You are used to seeing goats strapped on the back of motorcycles
• Personal space no longer exists and there is no such thing as privacy
• You stop wearing makeup because you're used to just sweating it off
• Coca-Cola is your drug of choice
• One of your friends is an unofficial pharmacist
• You run late in the States because you're used to being on African time
• You want to scream whenever someone asks you if you got to meet Katie while you were there
• You iron your underwear because you're afraid of mango flies
• You've been a passenger in a vehicle that has the same name as the driver
• You expect church services to be at least four hours long
• Shrubs are the new clothesline/dryer
• Your feet are permanently red
• You aren't phased when all of your questions are answered by, "Yes"
• You expect to be greeted by song wherever you go
• You are used to being called "Mama" or "Auntie"
• Before using the restroom at a hotel or restaurant, you always ask someone if you can flush the toilet paper
• Before eating the food at a hotel or restaurant, you always ask if you can eat the fresh vegetables
• Your fingernails are always dirty
• You carry a roll of toilet paper with you wherever you go
• You are afraid of getting arrested if you take pictures of tourist attractions
• You can play "Letter of the Day" for hours on end
• When a policeman asks if you're carrying any arms, you hold your arms in the air
• When you go volunteer somewhere and expect to spend the afternoon picking rocks and beetles out of the rice
• You have masted the art of cloth diapers -- or you swear to never use them
• You have used your hand as a wipe when changing diapers
• You swear that the best oranges are green
• When you're out with friends and it threatens to rain, you leave early so that you don't have to push your car home in the mud
• You try to entertain teenagers by showing them what tricks you can do with various body parts
• You are used to sleeping on styrofoam "pillows"
• Your personal speed limit when driving is: "if you survive, you're okay"
• You get laughed at all the time because you love your pets
• You expect to see your neighbor taking their goat or cow for a walk on a leash
• You expect a sunset cruise to involve a ten foot motor boat in the middle of the afternoon in 110*F weather
• Airplane bathrooms seem luxurious