You know you've been in Ghana 9 weeks when...

You see a woman with a baby bjorn (one of those front baby backpack sort of devices) and wonder why on earth she wouldn't just use a piece of fabric tied around her back...

You begin to add 'o' on to random words... "Sorry-o!"

You why people in Canada don't use water sachets, when they are so much better than water bottles...

You adopt incredibly odd intonation, which makes all of your friends think you have a British accent... [ahaha, this is a hard one to explain]

You find air conditioning uncomfortably cold, and randomly step outside into the sweltering heat for a reprieve...

You start incorporating the word "small" into every sentence...

You forget what other food groups exist aside from breads/cereals/starches...

You find yourself getting annoyed with the power outages only because they haven't bothered to follow the schedule: "There is a schedule for a reason you know!!"

You go to a quiet beach (read: Bojo, NOT Labadi) and think to yourself, where the hell are the vendors selling plantain chips when you need them??

You actually begin to enjoy (?) Nescafe instant coffee (sigh)...

You start to believe you might actually BE married... since you've said you are SO many times!

You start yelling "OBRUNI!" out of the taxi window at random foreigners...

You wait half an hour for your food to come, and commend the waiter on his prompt service...

You wonder why the chickens are on the road eating garbage, when they could get much more from the gutter...

You expect that you should be able to buy gum, toilet paper, ice cream or handkerchiefs while in a taxi...

You scream "5000!" at the mate in the tro-tro for change...

When people hiss at you, you hiss back, only louder!

You remain absolutely unphased when you politely ask the taxi driver to please mind the goat, and his family...

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Well I hope that was at least mildly enjoyable. I'm planning on writing a real post soon, and posting some pictures too, including one of me in traditional Ghanaian attire... yeah if that won't make you check for an update, I really don't know what would...