Senales

Ten Signs that I'm Adapting Well, Perhaps Ecua-fying
1. I take showers with normal pressure and temperature, I've found the perfect balance (almost everyday).
2. Large bugs in my room do not phase me.  This does not mean that I don't try to kill them.
3. I eat more than 3 different types of starches at meals without thinking about it.
4. I put sugar in every warm drink
5. I think it's cold when its 60 out
6. I've come to terms that whenever I ask for directions I will receive vague answers "It's right over there." I've also started giving directions the same way.
7. $5 for lunch is too expensive.  Similarly, I like paying with exact change and paying with pennies is acceptable.
8. Waiting 20 minutes for the Lumbisi bus is okay
9. It's been a while since I've had the urge to tear off the extra inches on the papers here to make them fit into my folders
10. I'm picking up on Ecua-phrases like "porfa" which is shortened for por favor and during conversations I comfortably say a-ha, and ya.

Seven Signs that I'm Becoming Part of my Ecua-Family
1. Occasionally, a member of my Ecua family will mix up my name with Genesis
2. Josue, Carlos and I share inside jokes
3. I can walk into the kitchen without the whole family running over to make sure I'm not ninja-ing in to wash the dishes
4. I'm allowed to help set the table for dinner!
5. Rosa asked me to help her pick beans in the family plot
6. My Ecua family members tell me how much they'll miss me when I leave.  Josue said he will go have to go sleep outside with our puppies because he'll be so sad.
7. Although they have done it from day one, Juan Carlos and Rosa call me "mi hija" which translates to my daughter.