After living in New Zealand for 10 months….

1- Driving on the other side of the road becomes natural and you wonder if you will be able to drive properly on the ‘right’ side. You also get really good a flying through the roundabouts.
2- You don’t hit the windshield wipers every time you want to use the turn signal…. and wonder what will happen in a car with the switches on the ‘right’ side
3- All your US credit cards, bank cards and even drivers licenses start to expire ….. and you don’t notice until to late
4- You get slimed in the face from a snail in the mail box when you squish it by accident
5- You get used to composting food and splitting up the paper and recyclables and wonder how you ever produced so much garbage before
6- You look forward to nice weekends when you can hang laundry on the line instead of using the electricity hog dryer
7- It starts to seem natural that it is cold in August
8- You start doing stuff in the rain instead of sitting inside waiting for it to clear off…. you may be waiting awhile
9- You start to wonder if going back to the US will be a culture shock and what it will be like
10- You really miss having a country radio station to listen to