You know you´ve been in Mexico too long when...

...you brush your teeth with bottled water back in the states, too

...you wake up to a cold shower and think "well, the gas is out, but at least we have water..."

...you come home to leaky plumbing and a puddle on the floor and think "well, at least we have water..."

...you start to like the taste of huitlacoche

...you look forward to soccer matches on T.V.

...and you know the teams in tonight's match ("TYT" stands for "Trinidad y Tobago")

...you think of "gringos" as other people from the states

...you laugh at "gringos" who go to the Gigante just to buy tequila

...in a restaurant, you ask for "Coca Light" and you don't bother saying "sin hielo"

...you describe everything that doesn't go your way as "pincha"

...you turn on your left blinker to indicate to the guy ahead that he should move to the right

...you never use your right blinker

...you hear the Christopher Cross song "ride like the wind"...and realize you've got such a long way to go to the border of Mexico...from the wrong side.

Ride like the wind to be free again.
And I got such a long way to go.
To make it to the border of Mexico.
So I'll ride like the wind.