Fox Trotting

Devin, Sarah and Michelle at the rugby match Rwenzori beat the Kenyan Cheetahs 25-0 It started to rain out so Naveen put on her helmet. (Lauren, Peter (our boda driver), Naveen, and I) In my bedroom using my headlamp to light my bedroom since my light didn't work for 3 days Our view from the balcony - it's much prettier than my pictures are able to do justice.  One day I will take a picture on a clear day, and then perhaps you can see it better - but clear days are not often. Naveen at the Nsambya Babies Home - an orphanage we visited with FHRI Naveen and some of the other girls helping with the laundry at the orphanage Naveen at the market with a backpack full of groceries Devin and his new found friends Esther and Manou at Speke Resort Sunday evening is local soccer (or football) match night - this was down at Lake Victoria at Speke Naveen, Lauren and I with Lake Victoria in the background Playing catch the avocad...

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 ...

Naveen and I have now been in UG for 10 days and I promised everyone I would try and keep a blog… so here goes nothing… The first few days were a pretty big adjustment and the lack of internet and phone certainly didn’t help.   I think both of us were a little homesick but trying to hold it in lest the other person break down.   The apartment we are staying at is pretty nice.   It’s nice and roomy and has an amazing view that makes one of our new found friends Devin extremely jealous.   Each morning we have breakfast on the balcony and watch the sunrise over the hills of Kampala.   There are of course some issues - mainly involving a serious ant problem (everything is kept in our fridge - even rice and uncooked pasta) - but TIA. Work is great.   Everyone that I have met thus far at Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) is awesome.   They are so friendly and happy.   Many have a wicked sense of humour and these great laughs t...