The beginnings....

Day 3

The last two days in Uganda have been pretty fantastic (minus one event which I will talk about later). On Friday morning I woke up at 5am to someone coming into the house to start preparing breakfast for all of the boys…I was able to fall back in and out of sleep for 3 more hours though…although laying there I could hear people coming and going and singing, doing their chores, and it was greatJ I finally got out of bed around 8am and showered and got ready for the day. I must say that the shower was as unenjoyable as I remembered. Lol. My options are burning or freezing…and I am not sure which one I prefer. Although I should not complain, I am happy to have the option of hot..even if it is scalding.

Breakfast was comprised of bread..and bread..lol. I fortunately brought tea with me, and later in the day I bought some yogurt to go with itJ

The younger boys only have school until 1pm, so in the morning Alex took me to down to by the necessities (like internet and airtime for my phone). When we got back, the young boys were around and we had lunch. I decided that I needed an hour nap, which was a bad idea, because by the time I woke up I could probably have just stayed in bed for the next couple of hours (yay jetlag!).

That afternoon we went for a walk around Bukaya (which is right on Lake Victoria). We toured around, went down by the water, and the boys tried to teach me some luganda. One I remember is Embwa – dog. J

When we got back the rest of the boys were home, and I got huge hugs from the rest of the boys that I hadn’t seen the day before! I was like being back with family. I am so happy that somehow over the last year I have been able to maintain enough of a relationship with the boys that I don’t have to start over again. For the most part it seems that we can pick up right where we left off, which means our conversations are deeper and more meaningful (not all the time of course, but as they happen. I got to jump right back in to helping the boys revise (right now they are all in the middle of tests and exams). My favourite is helping them with French. It is funny for us BOTH to be practicing a language together that is not so familiar.

Another nice change is that the boys now go to bed at 11pm, which means I can actually go to bed then too!

Anyways, more to come soon! Stay tuned for the rat story! :)