i can't explain why gene autry has been looping through my brain today....i'm not even sure about the words to that song, except i think there is something about sagebrush! maybe it's the extreme jet lag which i can't seem to shake or the thick layer of red dust covering counters and beds, etc! YEP, maybe not back in the saddle again, but definitely "back in kampala again"! the flights here were tiresome, delays everywhere and another episode of a misplaced suitcase. i can't blame the airlines this time, seems a passenger from my flight took my bag with him...guess Kathy Houk in black sharpie on the luggage tag didn't mean much to him....kinda, sorta hope he was embarrassed when he tried to brush his teeth or change his clothes and he couldn't get into MY locked suitcase! but, thankfully i have all my 'stuff' and am ready to start this chapter of the book of life.
i have seen a few of my friends and acquaintances. :) yubu and peter picked me up at the airport....thanks guys, you're the best! yubu says he wants to get on facebook but he has never touched a computer in his life. the thought makes peter and me laugh because then the rest of the world would get to hear his superstitions and nicknames for things. (he once told us that if a squirrel bites you and someone laughs about it, you will die! he swears this is true!!) i made the rounds the other day and saw julius, the young man at nakawa market who helps me carry my purchases, evelyn at the office supply store, moses at the shell station, and robbie and soldier at an after church lunch. the lunchlady from mulago market, mae, called yesterday. i asked her how she knew i was back and she said she didn't really know, she just had a feeling. i'll start getting back into the swing of things tomorrow....I have a pizza party to arrange for RUHU and a meeting about the building project and a treadmill to buy (not exactly sure where but don't think i can walk the 7 miles/day on these roads! i'm really looking forward to seeing the kids! mack and umar say they have another song ready to record and im certain the days will fill in as busily as they always do. usually plans go out the window because something more important (or interesting) presents itself....and after all, this is africa where schedules are useless because time keeping is virtually unheard of. i'm still not certain why ugandans wear watches, i think just because they like them as most assuredly many people's watches don't even run.
everyone has asked about my family and friends and America in general. i've told them about visiting washington, dc and everyone i know! many were fascinated by the notion that kaleigh, ben and i went to a shooting range and that kaleigh plays a form of baseball, a game that no one here has ever played. they had questions about bonnaroo and what i ate and was it cold there and how long am i staying this time....lots of questions. i told everyone that i have much to do....but this trip i do not feel the pressure that tormented me the previous trip, as i have engaged 'plan B'! but as for now, time to deal with the jet lag....a brief nap and a few gene autry tunes might be just the thing! blessings from kampala.....something something longhorns and whoopie ki yi a.......!
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