Some random notes...

First of all we are starting to adjust to our home and the school. Along with that our home and the school are adjusting to us.

School
The kids love us and are more comfortable around us which is nice. I am most excited about the relationships we are forming with the teachers at the school. Yesterday morning we invited them to come to a lunch party at our house on the 10th. They are all really excited and the invitation seemed to help them relax around us. We ate lunch together at school yesterday and today which was nice. Honestly some of their questions lead me to believe that the other teachers didn't spend as much time with them as I had thought. It makes the trip to school every day even better knowing that we have friends there; people that are looking forward to seeing us as friends.

Travel
Getting around is always interesting here. We are driven around by Edson in Semu's car. However many people here travel by bodaboda which are motorcycles driven by young men. They sit in groups on the road side everywhere. We are told that many of them do drugs and they drive dangerously (this we have seen first hand). Today we were driving home from school and saw a crowd so we stopped to look. Two bodabodas had crashed and there was a man dead on the road. We knew he was dead by the way his face was covered and no one was touching him. They told us that the other had been taken to the hospital. We do not take the bodabodas.

Another part of daily travel is being stopped by the police. They park on the side of the road and flag people over. Most of the time they see that there are white people in the car and let us go. Once we had to give them money for water which Edson said will only happen once from that particular set because they know us now. We have also been stopped by immigration men. They wanted to see our passports which we did not have. I offered him my drivers license, he laughed and said that he is not a traffic officer. We now carry our passports all the time.

Ps If you don't like speed bumps don't come to Uganda. There are so many you wouldn't believe me if I told you.

Food
We are learning to live with the food here. Most of our meals consist of potatoes, rice, G-nut (which is a sauce we love), melon, pineapple, beans, tomatoes, onions, eggs, Matoke (green bananas, sorry I hate it), sweet bananas, passion fruit, bread, chapoti (a flat bread), and tea. We have a very few things that are treats but they include: Nutella, short bread cookies, Fanta soda, chips, pancakes, and tonight me made guacamole!

Animals
Our days are filled with goats, chickens, turkey, cows (the kind with the huge horns!), a few gross cats and dogs, rats, and lots of bugs. I love goats now!

Talking
Many people here speak English but it is strange British/Ugandan English. What's funny is that we are all changing the way we speak so that we can fit in and be understood. It hasn't even been 2 full weeks, I can't imagine how strange I will sound 8 weeks from now. For example, just now as I brought laundry in I said "my clothes are not yet dry." We use shall a lot. We say "have you heard?" meaning "do you understand? We say "yes please" as a general filler and greeting. "What is your program?" means what is your plan or schedule. "Will you take it?" meaning do you want it. When you say hello to people they frequently respond with "I am fine."

There are many others and I will certainly be adding to this post. That's all for now!