Dying of Boredom

So nothing particularly exciting has happened this week as of yet (but I am bored at work, as you will soon hear about)

Work has been especially boring and I have run out of things to do.  Yesterday afternoon I was so bored that I even went on cbssports to see what was happening in baseball, basketball and hockey.  It feels weird not having Brice to update me on everything or force me to watch SportsCentre.

Tuesday was particularly frustrating as we had hoped to work on questions for interviews during the day.  We need to finish the questions so we can book interviews for next week.  However our boss didn’t get around to asking for a meeting until 4:30, and then everyone was moving slowly and not coming up with questions.  We ended up having to stay late, didn't even come close to finishing the questions, and our boda driver, Peter, was annoyed because we couldn’t let him know that we were late.  We also needed to get groceries for dinner and Peter didn’t have the time to wait.  So he dropped us off at the store and we walked home (not far, but up a steep hill).  The funniest part of the day was that I grabbed a chocolate bar - which cost as much as our laundry detergent = $$$ for Uganda - and Naveen and I shoved it in our faces as we walked home.

We’ve been cooking at home a fair amount again - especially now that we found the market for vegetables and fruit.  We also try and eat at least 2 lunches a week in office where we get local (aka bland) food for free to try and save money.  However I don’t think I have ever been so disinterested in food in my life.  I did make a great marinade last night for the beef stir-fry using peanut butter and limejuice - would have been amazing if I had some cilantro.  Everyone else certainly enjoyed it, and I think I finished all the food on my plate for the first time since arriving in Kampala

In other news, I have been busy acting as a travel agent instead of legal researcher.  This week, Naveen and I booked our plane tickets to go to Zanzibar in 2 weeks and we have been working on booking hostels for while we are there.  We have a first night booked to stay in Stonetown so we can experience the night food market -which is apparently amazing. We are in the process of booking a banda on a beach up in the North which Devin has stayed at and said was great.  I have also been busy booking a trip to the Maasai Mara using my old driver Dedan for the end of July.  Sylvia, an Osgoode student in Addis Ababa, and Nav, another Osgoode student in Nairobi, are joining us - so it should be a lot of fun! 

I also booked a trip to Hairy Lemon Island for this Saturday. It is on the Nile and a little north of Jinja.  Devin, Lauren and another girl Sarah are joining Naveen and I.  We are quite excited.  Jon and Meredith (interns last year) went last summer and Jon highly recommended it.  It’s basically just like going to a cottage for a night - you can swim in the river, go for walks and just hang out.  I think it will be nice to get out of Kampala - and I’m sure my lungs will appreciate a break from the clouds of exhaust and burning garbage that permeate our daily lives.

Also, as a side note, Naveen, Devin and I have been following all the crazy events at home from Uganda and come to the conclusion that we should have been telling you guys to stay safe when we left and not the other way around.