You know you have adjusted to Galmi when . . .

You no longer check for things that might “kill you”  before you get into the shower.

Your make-up routine consists of a quick spritz of “OFF!”

A “fashion faux pas” means forgetting to wrap your head before you leave the house.

Recycling is when you save your used and empty cans and cartons for your house-help

or gardener to take home and use again.

A “cool-down” in the weather means temperatures have dropped down into the 90’s!

You are losing weight even though you are eating real butter!

People stop asking you how you are adjusting to the heat . . . and you stop asking

yourself that!

People from Arkansas and those from Illinois are thought of as sharing a common heritage.

You check email, not snail-mail for communication.

“Friends” and “neighbors” are synonymous words.

A blackout is God’s (frequent) way of offering you the opportunity to reacquaint yourself with the stars and the moon in full splendor!

You realize why it is called a “BLACK-out” and not a “grey-out” or a “dim-out!”

You apply “Sting-Eze” more frequently than you do lipstick.

The woman who washes your laundry by hand does a better job than your washing machine back home.

The term “swimming pool” is applied to a 4-ft. deep, 20-ft. wide, concrete “water-holder!”

“Power-walking” is how you get to school/work every day.

You no longer focus on the color of one’s skin, but on the condition of the heart!