It has been a while since my last entry partly because I have been busy and also my internet connection has been a little sketchy (This is Africa after all)
Currently, one of the team members is sitting right next to me and giggling about everything I am saying. Britton, who is 5, is having a laugh attack and just can't stop. He came with his mom and sister. I am amazed how well these two kids have adjusted to Ugandan life.
Before church this morning, one of the team members (Joanna) and I went next door to the baby house and got to take a baby for the day. Joanna had Hope, a 3 month old little girl and I had Lillian who is 6 months. They were so good and we had a lot of fun today.
The past week has been quite eventful. On Tuesday we finally got electricity. Wednesday night, Ann (my roommate who is a nurse) got attacked by a lizard, well not exactly attacked, but he jumped on her neck, scaring her half to death and we still don't know where he ended up. Thursday morning I was greeted at 6:30 am by a bat trying to attack me. This was an actual attack. Whenever I tried to get out of the bathroom, it would fly right towards my head. I finally managed to escape without being touched, thankfully because I was bright enough (I wouldn't really call this a very intelligent thing) to grab a towel and throw it over my head while running out of the bathroom. It was the only thing I could think of to save myself from being touched by that hideous creature, because I knew if I would have been touched by it, I would have been on the 1st jet home. (You can ask my mom about that one) So in the end, brave Joanna and Ann took a broom and swatted him out of the bathroom and out of our house without being touched. Meanwhile, I had found a thicker more substantial quilt to cover myself with. Little did everyone know, I was shooing the bat out of the house with the waving of the quilt. I like to think I am brave.
I think that was the end of animal kingdom here. By the way, the snake from the picture I posted earlier has been identified as a baby python. It was only about 4 feet long or so. But we have a much bigger one living in the tree behind our house.
Today, we got word that we will be getting a refrigerator on Tuesday! We are so excited, we can hardly stand it. For the past month, we have been at the mercy of our next door neighbor to house all of our refrigerated/frozen goods. It is going to be so good to finally have this appliance I used to just take for granted.
Yesterday afternoon, Joanna and I decided to be brave souls and go to Kiwoko market on boda bodas. A boda boda is like a moped and is a very common mode of transportation here. The procedure for hitching a ride on one of these things is to stand on the side of the road and wait for one to come. When you see that it is empty, you motion for the driver to stop and ask him if he is going to wherever. Well, we started walking to Kiwoko and got half way there before an empty boda boda came along. We were really hoping that we both could ride together and thankfully we could. Joanna was wearing a longer skirt, so she had to straddle the seat and I rode it properly, side saddle. We made it to Kiwoko safe and sound and got the things that we needed to buy. There were so many people there, it was crazy.
The ride back was much easier to catch because the boda boda drivers were just waiting to take people back to wherever. We jumped on and off we went. With a little scare at the end of our journey, we made it home unharmed. It was really fun and I would definitely do it again.
This week is going to be very busy again as the team is finishing up projects and going on Safari on the 14th and 15th. The team has been doing so well, I am very impressed. I only hope every team will be this productive and flexible.
Now that I realize how much I have written, I can say that I am officially over my writer's block.
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