You know you’re an ACENTO student if…

1. You sleep in a bed that is 6” too short for you
2. Once the hot water is turned on you have 3.4 minutes to complete your shower.
3. You sleep more during the day than you do at night.
4. You subconsciously improve your dance and soccer skills daily by avoiding the dog caca (or air conditioner drips) on the sidewalk.
5. Meals consist of garbanzo bean and spinach soup 4 times a week.
6. You have not done real exercise in 3 months.
7. You can purchase a beer with your Big Mac and fries.
8. It has become okay for you not to shave or shower frequently.
9. They don’t sell meat by the pound, but by the body part.
10. You used to wear pants in a size 12, and now it’s a size 8.
11. You would not be caught dead wearing what you are right now back in the States.
12. You have seen bumper cars bigger than the cars they drive in Seville.
13. You think it’s normal to salir around 1am and return at 7am.
14. You have forgotten how to spell words in your own language.
15. You start to invent your own language a mezcla entre Spanish y English
16. You know about 40 other people who speak that same language!
17. You are addicted to McDonalds 1euro conos de helado.
18. You start making defense plans against the rain, considering the bridge your major point of attack.
19. You consider fruit and yogurt real desserts.
20. You are a guy, you are not gay, and you still wear capris and a pink shirt.
21. You have just had the best semester/summer of your life!

 

The other day we were out shopping and I suggested we climb the mechanical staircase or “escalera mecánica,” which you all know as an escalator… see it’s messing with my mind already!