A Bit About My Life

Uganda has beautiful red dirt and I awake in the morning to the singing and squawking of many types of birds. It is lovely to wake up to, especially in my princess-like canopy that is called a mosquito net. We walk everywhere we want to go, even the town that is about a mile away. Our dormitories and the classrooms have walls, but the dining hall is a huge pavilion that is open on the sides. There is no air conditioning anywhere I have been so far, so the windows are usually open. The climate is a balmy 65-85 most of the time, so it is very pleasant and organic-feeling wherever we go because we are so close to nature. A friend and I went to a canteen (cafe) today to get a Coca-Cola and a chicken was just hanging out next to our table.

The time difference is eight hours between Mukono and Canton (or the central time zone), so it is currently 9:40 at night while it is 1:40 in the afternoon. The moon comes out at 7 p.m. and the sun comes out at 7 a.m.

Most of the students are on holiday (vacation) until the semester starts at the beginning of September. I am excited to meet more of them and have classes start. We leave for Rwanda on Saturday for a week, so I doubt I will update between now and then.

Talk to you later,
Lauren :)

PS-I'm working on uploading pictures. Hopefully soon!

इ ऍम हियर!

I am here! I don't know what's going on with the title, but I'll fix it later. Now it's bedtime. I will sleep under a mosquito net!

Lauren