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Originally posted by jusha:
- when after two months at home you start camping in your own garden and refuse to go in for a shower

Make that balcony, in my case.

Nic

You still prefer to crash on somebody's floor even if you could stay in 15 star hotel because that's "just not you."

Nic

You have lost your watch and don't seem to care.

...when... after putting your used toilet paper in the wastebasket, you realize that you can actually flush THAT toilet AND put your paper IN IT!!! WOW!

Everything on your Christmas list has to do with traveling.

Holy crap thats me!

Last christmas my parents gave me some money to go out and buy a new backpack. My brother gave a LP guidebook.

...you can't seem to stop washing your clothes by hand.

...your friends email, and the opening line is, "What continent are you on right now?"

You have very strong opinions in life's most important debates such as "train or bus" and "laptop or no."

...when you won't buy an appliance you have to plug in, because what if you move to ________?

you use a microfiber towel to shower even when you are home

You do not know where "home" is anymore and you rarely know or care what day or time it is.

When someone asks you "So, how long did it take you to get from _____ to ____. And you have no idea!

When someone asks you, "Where you are from?" And you are not sure how to answer.

When you rehearse what to say before going into the post office, then realize that they speak English there...

...when your personal photo album - digital or otherwise - can give this a run for its money.

...when you start smiling silly to tourists back home and wanting to know where they come from......
...when you can't keep your eye off the desk calendar and counting the days....

...when a clerk at the grocery store shows you where an item is and you have an urge to tip him.

(This actually happened to me when I got back from Africa and Egypt. Anytime anybody did anything nice for me, I had an urge to give baksheesh.

This mindset actually worked in my favor when I was told that I would be charged a high price of gas and another day rental for not having fueled up the truck I rented to get my stuff out of storage. I just made an offer to anyone on their staff that I would give them $20 for fueling up the truck. Baksheesh works here too, you just need the right context...)

... when the people back home (who you don't know) ask you where you're from after hearing your cute foreign accent.

...when you find yourself constantly thinking about your next adventure/trip/journey.

...when your family and friends can't relate to your experiences and the antecdotes you find relavant.

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when a clerk at the grocery store shows you where an item is and you have an urge to tip him.

...when you've been to the hometown of the immigrant store employee and can say hi in his/her language.