Thursday, July 14, 2011

You Can't Always Get What You Want

7/13/11

Yesterday was a pretty decent day.  After several more discussions, I decided to stay for  the second time in a day.  I will be doing some stuff at the hospital in town next week, and I feel good about staying, although, I can’t believe I turned down a chance to go home sooner.  I would always rather be there, but I can stick it out here.  The water shut off for half a second last night (it came right back), and I had tiny pangs of regret (I yelled at my roommates “I gave up a chance to go home for this crap!”), but we all ended up laughing about that and other stuff, and it will be a fun last week and a half.  We introduced Tom to the take out process of ordering food over the phone, repeating the order back and forth about 4 times in several different ways, and hoping for the best.  In all honesty, as hard as it is for us to understand each other, they’ve never messed up an order.  I highly recommend Sab’s Delivery if you’re ever in Mbarara. 

I’m thankful...
1. for the chance to talk to Amy for the first time since I’ve been here.  I miss the voices of my family, and I’ll be so glad when we’re all together at the beach.  It’s been too long.
2. for finding a new walking route.  It’s quieter with less traffic, and it makes me happy.
3. for the chance to slack off for a day.  I didn’t touch my paper, and it was lovely, but I know I have to get back to it today. 

Love you all!

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