We are officially not tourists any more. Now that we've been here a year, here are some ways you know you've lived in our Africa for a year...
-When you don't look twice at large spiders, geckos, or skinks on your walls.
-When "now now" "just now" "izzit" "wazzit" and "doezzit" and "eesh" become part of your vocabulary.
-When you've dewormed your child... more than once.
-When you eat avocados more for breakfast than at any other meal.
-When traffic stops no longer bother you, even if they include an AK-47 wielding soldier.
-When you carry an untouchable $20 in the glove box for bribes at said traffic stops.
-When it is not sacrilege to dump the leftover guacamole in the trash.
-When you have bought a license to own a television and a separate one to own a car radio.
-When you know what words like chongololo, tsessebe, arvie, pram, braii, and avo mean.
-When you know that words like "geyser" and "robot" don't really mean "geyser" or "robot".
-When you can calmly step out of the way of a hippo or elephant who has decided to graze during your riverside braii.
-When you know five ways to eat sadza/mealiepap.
-When you no longer cringe when somebody jams a screwdriver or pair of scissors into an outlet in order to plug something in.