A Miscellaneous List:

I have wicked farmer’s and sandal tans.
I am a beast at slicing bread.
I am a pro at condom demonstrations (more on that later).
I also have an upper thigh tan.
My eyes water slightly when I exhort my learners to educate each other about AIDS.
I am a complete wuss.
If a woman hands you her baby as she climbs into a truck bed, be cool, she will ask for it back.
Economy toilet paper has a lot of uses.
Electrical tape kind of sucks.
Malaria-meds induce crazy dreams.
I can define the word “but”.
I am beginning to find it weird to not see any donkeys.
I want to ride one.
In Namibia, “Leonard” is pronounced “Ronald”.
I will never kick you out of a classroom unless you lie to my face.
If you lie to my face you will be kicked out.
Before you kick a learner out of your classroom for lying to you, first make sure he actually understands what you are asking.
There is a bar in Namibia called “Gangster’s Paradise”.
I have almost 15 hours of beauty pageant judging experience.
My soccer ball juggling record is 7.
That is four more than my US record.
The learners can juggle into the hundreds.
In Namibia, Chris Brown is the KING.
If you ever want your class to laugh, erase a chalkboard with your hand.
Basketball skill does not translate as well to netball as you would expect.
I actually can function on less than ten hours of sleep a day.
I am not a morning person.
Lawrence to me: Always drink otombo [a grungy brew] with a friend because it could be poisoned.
Me to Lawrence: WHAAAT?!?
Onda hole omalaka (I like languages).
“Oshilumbu” means “white person”, but it’s not a slur.
Underground hip-hop lyrics are a little over the heads of young adults still attempting to grasp the simple past tense.
Dogs are not pets everywhere.
The Banana Dance is a HUGE HIT (this cannot be overstated),
Conjunction Junction…not so much.
Sherlock Holmes is way cooler than Hercule Poirot.
Snapping your fingers, pointing, and saying “that side” is considered giving directions.
Granola cereals are awesome.
You have to separate whites and colors when you hand-wash too!
I have time to write miscellaneous lists.

To be continued….