Changing Perspectives

It's so bizarre to think what is normal to me now!!
looking out my window to a see a woman carrying an insane amount of fruit on her head,
walking to the bathroom and finding hundreds of white ants on the ground and thinking nothing of it,
thinking nothing of the fact that there's no water... or electricity,
lugging a heavy jerry can of water to the bathroom to take a shower,
and having to go back down again because there's no bucket in the bathroom for the shower,
getting giddy over finding real ketchup or cheese,
smiling and saying, "yes" in a thank-you kind of way when your mom says you're "increasing" every day,
waiting for hours for a bowl of yogurt and granola,
walking past hunks of raw meat, raw fish, and live chickens on the street by the market,
waving at child after child after child who yells, "BYEEEEEEEEEEEE MUNO!" when you walk by,
refusing man after man who asks if you need a motorcycle ride somewhere or if you'll give him your number,
thinking something is outrageously expensive if it's more than 5,000 shillings ($2.50),
seeing children with distended bellies and flaky scalps,
seeing men with missing limbs and no one taking a second glance,
watching a tower of smoke rise from a massive pile of burning trash,
and pulling a mosquito net over your head before you go to sleep.

...I think the only thing more bizarre is what will be strange when I go home:
SHORT SHORTS. or skirts, or dresses,
stop signs and traffic lights,
people who don't acknowledge your presence when you walk by on the street,
people who think you have to be under 120 lbs to be beautiful,
air conditioning,
microwaves, stoves, toasters, refridgerators, freezers,
movie theaters,
department stores... and everything in them,
makeup and going-out clothes. and heels!,
just about anything quick and efficient,
meat that doesn't look like the animal it comes from,
wallpaper,
everyone I miss and love having experienced so many things without me these past few months,
and everyone asking me questions about this semester... I don't know how to explain it all!