You know you live in Thailand when...

Sometimes it is easy to forget that I am in a foreign country. And then there are the other moments...

• A motorbike is a family vehicle and every bike is a 'bicycle built for two'.
• You often feel like a giant at 5' 4".
• Instead of building potential snow days into the school calendar they build in potential flood or coup days.
• Lunch costs $1.50 but a jar of peanut butter is $5, a twelve year old used car is $12,000, and Lady's Speed Stick is a mere $15 (yes, I have switched to Thai deodorant!). 
• The glow of the lights from 7-11 shine in your windows every night.
• You're surrounded by green and plants even in the middle of the city. 
• Your new roommate is a gecko and you don't even mind his presence because he eats other unwanted visitors.  
• Rice has become a staple of your diet.
• You find yourself just smiling at everyone because, well, that's the Thai way.  And when in 'Rome'...