It's been 3 weeks now since I blundered out of that Ethiopian flight #0500, so happy to have fast mobile internet, burritos, and English. Now I can't say that I had terribly bad reverse culture shock but none the less, there have been many times that I forget I am in the land of the free and home of the brave.
1) I don't have to translate into another language for my day to day duties. I catch myself thinking about phrasing, gender, and conjugation when I'm looking for an item in Target.
2) Whenever I have to go pee, I look for the closest bush or door to outside before realizing I have a regular toilet in my house. Thanks to Nick, Allah, and Kim, I'll now have that luxury when I arrive next week!
3) I start thinking what my friends and family would be doing 8hrs behind and then realize that we are in the same time zone.
It's been really great being able to chill with Giada and Ina Garden with my cats everyday. Though everyday there seems to be something related back to Chad, I'm still getting a great vacation.
Zachary Gately
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