A day in the life...

It occurred to me that some of you may be wondering what a normal day looks like in my life here in Uganda... So let me tell you!
First we wake up at about 6:45 or 7:00 to get ready for the day. Which means getting dressed and taking tea. (Of course going to the toilet after I change out of my nightgown) In Uganda they do not believe you can take tea without any food with it. So we make tea and I have bread and butter. The butter here is unbelievable! I love my tea time in the morning. Usually we look through the newspaper and find the biased articles about Obama and how the republican party is ruining the entire nation of the United States and how Obama is the new come savior. Of course we wait for papa Julius to bring us to school which is usually ten minutes after he told us to be ready. :) Then we drive to school.
Once at school I go to a variety of classes.. We have two sessions of each class a week. One is an hour and the other two. I struggle through the two hours classes. God didn't exactly give me a spirit that enjoys sitting still! I also have a very hard time during any class from 10:30-2:00 because it is so hot. The perks of my day are at 10:30 is campus-wide tea which is a fabulous idea! When I'm not in class I hang out in the IMME quarters (a small building for the people who live off campus). Lunch is at 1:00 and never fills me up. It seems that I'm always hungry here, but I eat so much food.
At 6:30 I have to be heading home. On the walk home there are many little children that run and wave as well as boda bodas that don't think they have to move if a person is walking. I have had to jump into the ditch numerous times. This always makes the locals laugh :) Once I get home we take tea again. Usually with some nuts or something. Then I sit around either doing homework, try to help with chores (which they never let me do until I ask about 20 times), watch TV (Ugandans LOVE tv), or have spontaneous dance parties. My jajia has even busted some moves!! I try picturing grammy Lorraine dancing and it makes me laugh every time! I have taught my family how to make friendship bracelets and they all love it! I'm hoping my mom will send some more thread as we are running out of colors :) (hint hint)
Supper is at about 10:00 and then we head to bed. There you have it! My life in Uganda. Each day is filled with much learning and laughter. Some comparisons to home:
-I'm SO thankful for where I was brought up. I feel like I had to do more work growing up than here which isn't the norm among my group. Julius tells me how many of his students have never seen a live chicken or gravel roads. Atwater is a lot like Africa! (So Connie you were right about the toilet conditions :)
- Just like home my dad is always the last to leave every function. You should have seen him try to leave church. Everywhere we go he knows people and strikes up conversations!
-I'm cursed in the water bottle area of life. I lost my nalgiene on the airplane, and have lost about three plastic bottles. Usually someone comes and throws it away. I bought a new one on Saturday in Kampala.. that is the only place I could find one. Then I dropped it and broke it as soon as I got home. :P It was full and I spilled my water. Gr.
Stay tuned for a description of my host family, weekend experiences, and church times :)
p.s. who is loveur2mom?