A few signs that you're living the village life in the Kavango

When you get home early from school and you host mom says "Morokeni! You're home early, go put on a head wrap so you can pluck the chicken" and sure enough plucking the chicken is exactly what she meant.

On that note I'd say I've become a pretty decent chicken plucker

When your host mom thinks it's funny that you feel the need to set up 2 flash lights in your [outside] shower area so that you can see if there's any spiders that will get you at 5:30am. 

When you think you've gotten the hang of bucket bathing.... Until you get to stay somewhere with hot shower. So naturally you take the first shower you've had in the past month only to discover a filthy wash cloth at the end of it all. Apparently my bucket bathing skills could use some improvement. 

If you're watching world's strangest pets with your mom when a family with a pet crocodile that sleeps in the bed with them comes on and she asks you "why would someone do that?!" So I respond "I guess that's their pet, like a dog" and stares at me with a very strange look and says "why would you let a dog in the house?" The concept of pets is much different here. 

When your host mom finds it very funny how your terrified of spiders and literally run out of the house screaming after a camel spider runs out of no where and over your foot. I hate spiders!!!!!!!

When you have to make sure you put your apples away so that giecos don't eat them. Along with not leaving chocolate out or a mouse will get it. (it is war between that mouse and I now!! I love chocolate! Touching my chocolate is just something you don't do.) 

When your host mom asks "do you want Kuche for dinner" and you ask "does it have flour or bread on it" and she says no it's meat so you agree.... Dinner time comes around and BBQ bat is on the plate. That's one way to discover bat is edible. And still looks exactly like a bat after being cooked over a fire. 

When you seriously deliberate how bad you need to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night because it's a bit of a walk to the latrine which doesn't include any lights, or if you would rather wait till the sun rises.

When people tell you when something is happening by pointing to where the sun will be in the sky rather than giving an actual time. 

When you fall in love with hanging out at the river and just want to spend all your free time either in the water or sitting on the beach/river banks. 

When yisma (aka pap aka porridge) is your utensils (which you eat with your hands) most nights of the week. Who needs spoons and forks? T.I.N.A! 

When one of the main forms of communication you have with some of your family members (who don't speak English and you're still not the master of Rukwangali) is via dance parties on the homestead.

When nuts suffice as soccer balls.

When you realize you've woken late and ATTEMPT to jump out of bed in a panic only to get tangled in your misquote net and fall to the floor. (I'm extremely clumsy even in the states. Lol)