Positive Top Ten

After posting my new "ten things I miss about America" list, I realized that I had become a bit of a Debbie Downer. So I've decided to make a list called,

Ten Things I Will Miss About Rwanda When I Leave (but luckily get to enjoy for another year and a half):

1. Avocados cost so little it is ridiculous hence I eat guacamole an unhealthy amount.

2. People want to meet me and greet me because they think I am important and special. and I usually get special treatment in 99% of situations as if I'm a celebrity. This really helps you get a seat on a bus in front of the 50 other people waiting. Sorry Rwandans.

3. I am instantly an expert English teacher given my mad skills. No one speaks English as well as I do in a 10 mile radius.

4. I can go without make up and almost get away with it. Rwandans still want to know what acne is and why I don't put something on my face. But I have gotten many an offer for free mosquito nets because they think zits are mosquito bites. I guess that public service announcement about the importance of mosquito nets has made it all the way through the community.

5. Having conservations in English, being opinionated about people right in front of them, swearing and all, and not having them understand a word…dangerous. I must stop this immediately or I might get slapped in America.

6. Not having to tip at restaurants.

7. Beautiful, beautiful scenery.

8. (Almost) not being expected to check my gmail every second of every day.

9. Getting more mail than I probably ever received in my whole life. Who doesn't love a letter? Ok for fun, send a letter to someone actually in your country. I guarantee they will love you for it.

10. Want to wear that same outfit two days in a row? Go for it and don't give it another thought.

and 11. I swear reading a book by flashlight makes it feel even more special and covert…plus I feel like I'm 10 years old, scandalously reading past my bedtime.

oh thought of one more 12. I sort of love the schedule of going to bed when my body is tired aka 8pm :) and then waking up at the crack of dawn aka 5am. Plus it is not rude or unheard of to text other people at 7 am. We're all up anyway!

So here's to looking on the positive side of things.