things that I am getting used to....

1) not eating meat at every meal (and not missing it that much).....we haven't been eating any meat for lunch...and not eating meat every meal for supper.

2) not getting anything for the price I want at least at the first offering.....almost every time we go to buy something we are told a price that is about 4-10X what any Kenyan would pay. I don't blame the Kenyans for trying ...it works sometimes, just not with me.

3)not finding what I need....if it is a plug for the sink, or whatever...I will never find everything that I thought that I would "need"

4)being around the kids everyday...this one isn't going to happen for too much longer, but it is nice for now.

5) not getting to grill out....This is an attainable luxury, but just not right now. I am also finding that I am not missing american food as much as I thought that I might.

6)carrying 75% of the stuff that we buy back to our house. Even food or things to cook food in we have to carry it back to the house or pay for a taxi to do it. I often wonder on these trips back from the store if all people around the world would buy fewer things if they had to carry most of them home.

7)(perhaps related to #6) that my clothes are fitting differently....in the US it was getting to the squeeze point on some of my clothes. now I have room to spare.

these are a few of the things that I am getting used to...all of them have been easy to get used to may be because we have little choice except for our attitude towards it.