Friday, October 9th, 2009

Friday, October 9th, 2009

 

            Yet another quiet day!  I’m going to have to do something exciting soon so that my faithful blog followers aren’t bored.  J

            Went for a run today and my leg felt the best it’s been in a few weeks.  I actually was able to run fast.  The more I think about it the more I believe I’ll need to go through rehabilitation / surgery on my hamstring when I get home.  Shouldn’t have to deal with constant pain & tightness in my leg.  What a bummer…but hey, I’ve met a lot of people that have it a lot worse than I.  Got to be thankful for what I have instead of dwelling on the negatives – my how far I’ve come! 

            I was supposed to go with Sandrah to Gayaza Highschool for “Culture Day.”  Today is Ugandan Independence day and Gayaza HS was hosting a “culture exhibition” where the students and visitors would be introduced to an array of different cultural aspects of the different tribes of Uganda (there are many).  This is the event I bought the konzu for (traditional Ugandan formal wear). 

            I was in my room getting when Sandrah walked in.

            “Hey – Culture Day has been cancelled.”

            “Why?”

            “Outbreak of swine flu.  All travel to and from school and all non-school related activities have been cancelled by the department of Education.”

            They are taking swine flu very seriously here.  I haven’t heard of any outbreaks yet – but I am prepared with masks and tamiflu (thanks Kerin!).

            After “culture day” we were supposed to go to a business convention at the Lugogo Bypass and then to Cascades for an event called, “Break a Leg for Charity.”

            The Gayaza event getting cancelled messed everything up.  At 3:00 Sandrah asked me to if I wanted to go get drinks with her and her “English friend.” 

            “Is he close?”

            “No.  It’ll take two matatus to get there.”

            “How long will that take?”

            “An hour and a half.”

            Umm – no thanks.  I told her I didn’t want to go.  She wasn’t happy.  Oh well.

            The rest of the afternoon I did work.  I have set up a meeting next Tuesday at 10:00 AM with BRAC, one of the largest microfinance lenders in the world, and I needed to brush up on my Microfinance knowledge.

            At 7:00 Maggie told me she wasn’t going to the charity event.  Then Emily told me she wasn’t going either.  Then Angelica left without me because she thought I wasn’t going.  I didn’t feel like taking a boda boda all the way to Cascades by myself.  Yeah…went to sleep at 10:00 on Friday night.  I’m super cool I know.

            The highlight of my day was getting a call from Anand, Rob and Brian at midnight.  I was half asleep when we were speaking – but I haven’t laughed so hard since I’ve come to Uganda.  Always great to hear from the boys.  Miss them all.