Hello all! I am in an internet café in Lugazi, Uganda! I am sorry I’ve neglected my blog so tragically, but internet access here is super sketchy. I’m already mildly pissed off about this situation, it’s epically slow. But this place is like nothing I’ve ever seen! I am already in love. We wake up to the sounds of our dinner crowing in the back courtyard. We sleep under mosquito nets strung up willy-nilly with duct tape and twine and ‘flying buttresses’. Geckos skitter around our house eating the fattest bugs I have ever even imagined. People drive with reckless, laugh-in-the-face-of-danger abandon on the left side of the road and make white little weenies like me fear for their lives. The water was shut off for a solid two and a half days, and the power is intermittent, at best. So I didn’t shower for a good four days, during which I grew riper and riper… it wasn’t pretty. Everywhere we go, and I mean everywhere, little kids come running up screaming ‘Mzungu! Mzungu!’ (white person) and one latches onto each hand to rub my tragically pale skin or stare at my watch. My watch is quite the item here. I’ve never felt so popular in my life!
My journey here was long and exhausting and infuriating, but we got here and that’s what matters, I guess. I hiked around LAX like the ignorant, lost little Nevadan I am, asking for directions every 3 minutes and struggling with lost luggage and generally making a fool of myself, but I and my baggage found our way to right pace, which is a miracle in itself. I encountered fatty airplane issues in London involving four hours on a stationary plane, 30 minutes on a stationary bus, and two hours wandering dazedly about the airport. So we had to stay an extra day in London, but British Airways paid for food and lodging so it wasn’t too bad. I slept the entire day, so it wasn’t the greatest adventure, but you know. I was there.
I have a thousand and one stories to tell already! I wish I could tell them all right now. But I’m taking a million pictures and keeping a detailed journal (Ashley, I know you are thrilled), so I will just say that I love you all, every one of you, and I miss you more each day. I’m thinking of you!