You know you're in Peace Corps Guyana when....

When talking with other volunteers in country, inevitably someone will throw out the phrase, "you know you're in Peace Corps Guyana when..." and then supply some random anecdote that, more often than not, universally applies to everyone in the group. Most of them are funny or amusing, often in some ironic way about how poor/sweaty/dirty/crazy we have all become since we began our Peace Corps journey. Here are a few that my friends and I have observed are true for almost everyone:

1. You own a "fancy" pair of Crocs
2. Getting ready to go out usually involves sunscreen, bug spray, or both.
3. Everyone has various tan lines on their arms and legs, depending on how often you wear different tank top/t-shirt/shorts/pants combos.
4. Dressing up or looking nice for something will most likely just mean that you washed your hair that day.
4. At the end of the month you can't afford both peanut butter AND jelly so you stand at the shelf for 20 minutes trying to decide which one to get this month.
5. You answer to someone calling you "white girl" the same way you would if they had said your name.
6. You can tell which pair of shoes other volunteers wear the most by the tattoo like tan lines we now all have on our feet.
7. You can name at least 3 different spices used in making curry
8. A week without any blackouts is considered a good week (hasn't happened yet, so that one is just a guess lol)
9. To save power/money, you walk around at night with your headlamp on instead of turning on the lights.
10. A shopping "splurge" is almost always a food item and is usually some American-brand of junk food that is almost at it's expiration date.