I have decided to make an on-going list of things I will miss and things I will not miss about living in Uganda. This one will be added to and changed the entire time I'm here so keep checking back.


Things I will miss/ things I am grateful to have in Uganda...

-The staff at Rwentutu (we have only been at the school for two weeks and already I am so attached to the teachers. I know it will be hard to say goodbye when the time comes which is why I have helped them all set up e-mail and facebook.)

-Our sweet and charming students

-Janet and Edson, who keep us alive and show us the ropes

-The Rwenzori mountains and the scenery of Uganda in general

-G-nut sauce, jackfruit, and Chappatti!!!

-The way people talk

-Having fits of insanity laughter with Luke, Laura, and Emily

-Seeing wild animals everywhere everyday

-Curiosity and questions about America and the rest of the world

-Watching King James dance

-"Yes please"

-Goats

-Love notes from the children

-Fabric and clothes!




Things I will not miss...

-The garbage that covers the beautiful country side

-Frequently not having power and/or running water in our house. (Lately it has been both for days at a time).

-Lack of toilet seats in the house (even though I can see them in pictures from the last group, where did they go?)

-General lack of customer service anywhere you go. (You can't expect a menu, any food to be prepared, change for bills of any size, or for anyone to care when you have a problem. For example when an ATM didn't give me any money, only a receipt saying it did, the bank asked me what I was going to do about it.)

-Everything here takes forever, always.

-Being told I'm big, by everyone, constantly.

-Religious pushiness

-Being looked at constantly. Along with that, the way everyone treats us like we have an endless supply of money that they want to get their hands on. It's cheap to live in Uganda if you're black, if you're anything else it's unbelievably expensive.

-Market shopping

-Eating the same food all the time

-Never really feeling clean

-Cockroaches and rats in the house