Monday, March 18, 2019

I don't know how to title all this randomness

This is another short post about the most random things.

Saturday, I got to go shopping and I bought some more African wear. I honestly have so much, but it is inexpensive clothing that I really love the colors of. I went with a friend and afterwards we went to get smoothies at shop we haven't tried before. It was so cold, which hit the spot, but it was much smaller (and more expensive) than the smoothie place here on campus.
That afternoon, I got to watch Alex play football (read soccer). In the States, I loved supporting my brothers playing soccer. It was fun to get a chance to do that again. It was even more fun when they won the game like 5-0.  It was even greater that I got to go home afterwards. All in all a good day. I went to bed way too late again, but time flies when you are having fun.
Sunday, I went to church and then just hung out. It rained a little bit so we had a nice indoor game of UNO. There was a really bad flash of lighting (that scared me a little bit) and I later learned that it hit one of our neighbors. The man died. It was a horrible thing to have happened, but it reminded me the amazingness (is that a word) of the Ugandan culture. Once the news was discovered, everyone sprang to action. Mom went over and started caring for the baby. Someone went to go rent chairs so that visitors had some where to sit. They needed this because the whole community will go over to pay respects and give condolences. They don't just send them a card in the mail, everyone walks over there and sits with them. It was also mentioned that my family would start cooking something so that visitors would have enough to eat. It was incredible to watch how much the community cares. It is a tragic event that I'm sure prayers would be appreciated for, but it was also just really cool to see a community come together.
Today started uneventful, I went to class at 8:30-10:30. I then went to morning tea (which needs to be thing when I get back). I went to my internship (I only have 9 full days left- WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS SEMESTER!!). I typed translations to the letters sent to the donors, I would definitely recommend getting a senior friend. These letters are too cute to handle. The day was good, I was waiting to go home when my day became slightly more exciting. I got left at my internship site and had to wait an extra hour. I came back a wee bit grumpy, but it's a good thing that I was left. I was planning on getting a rolex to make up for the rough ending, but I ran into some homestay students who wanted to get what's called an eggroll at local place. An eggroll is definitely not what you would think. It is a hard boiled egg that is surrounded by mashed potatoes and then fried.  I would recommend. The company made up for a rough end to the day. I also bought myself a Novida, so some sugar therapy was pretty great.

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