My Current Life is Normal

To start off, I have decided that to best my experience here in Uganda that being politically correct should be the primary plan of action in writing to you in all...That said I will NOT be censoring my personality unless a written request is received to withhold information, therefore anything of complete disgust and poop jokes will be allowed in this blog.



**Better than Good**



Against every urge,

We find ourselves fighting the same fight.

A battle never won or lost,

But constantly dreading.

A puzzle with no sides,

An endless mirage of uncertainty.

Can there be a climax

of more than satisfaction?



- First one to find this author wins a letter from me in the mail...postal mail...





So in waking up this morning I realised a few things: The abnormally loud mooing of a cow merely 30 feet from my bedroom window is no longer a shock, but an anticipated sound of udder (haha no pun intended) beauty; waking up at about 6:00am, before the rooster crows is no longer met with pangs of frustration; the sounds of cockroaches roaming my bedroom floor in the middle of the night has turned more in to a game of discovering which bag it has gotten in to rather than a having a night of fear and terror, and the drug-induced dreams of the night due to malaria profylaxis has come to be an expected fantasy of joy instead of the oft-produced insomniac day(night)dreams of scary shadows on my walls. The walk to school/work (The Training Centre) is a parade of school children, bicycle taxis and the smell of dung which I soon find is on the bottom of my shoe. I consider buying fried casava pancakes on the side of the road but consider the alternative, just not eating and waiting for something better to come along-and often nothing better does. Each day thus far has been met with many highs and lows and clearly, thus far, each day has been conquered and my life has been passed along to the next. I spend my evenings convincing myself to return to my host family, not because I am not happy to be with them, but because I have grown up to be an independant being, therefore living under another family's wings makes life all the more difficult, especially when there is a clear cultural and language distance. Communication is oft-stagnant and awkward, but is met by an uncertain but friendly smile from my host sister, making me feel like I am doing something right. As I take tea and then supper, I find my presence could be a nuisance, but ultimately a learning experience for both me and all those around me. This current life is my life. Just more than one month ago life got flipped-turned upside down to this equatorial alien world. I feel as though the past year did not even exist, or even more dramatically that the entire past 23 years of my life did not exist. Everything I know, everything I do, everyone I see is my life right now, and ultimately my life...a temporary one at best though, but one that I have thrown myself in to whole-heartedly.

Peace and love to you all. In the very near future I will mention a few more detailed factual incidents and such, but for now, you gotta take what spills out of this little brain of mine. I wish you all the best with your endeavours back home, and peace out.

7 Minutes tell You About 4 Weeks!!!!!

OKOKOK...So I know it has felt like years since I wrote anything on here, but do not worry, it has only been about a month....OKay so I am using a computer that has about a 3 second delay on when I hit the keys and when they come out on the screen, alsop random capitol letters will type...therefore I Will not be worrying about grammar or spelling ri...ok then. so the past few weeks have been up and down up and down up and down. we are still currently in training, we swear in in about 4 weeks. being with the host family has definiteily been a worthwhile expereince but at times daunting. the communication barrier sidefinitely a struggle at times, and even though i am learning the language i am only learning key phrase and statements for hte time being. trainining has been...well what can i say.........(I AM DOING MY BEST PART TO CENSOR THIS BLOG FROM THE US GOVERNMENT.....MANY OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT ARE COMPLETELY TRUE ARE THINGS LIKE THIS IS THE MOST DISORGANISED EXPERIENCE IMAGINABLE.....BUT I CAN NOT TELL YOU THINGS LIKE THAT)........OKAY...so i need t ogo because i haVE 3 MINUTES...do not get worried at my censored statement above...the experience has been amazing and worthwh8ile./...ui will write moer soon..peace and love to all..the ugandan people are amasaing! they are lovely and appreciateive even though there is much struggle to seperate their need and their dependency on muzungus.... byebye for now...!!!!!!