Late Night to Kampala

October 22, 2009

Even though today would have normally had me at work, I wasn’t able to go because of the depletion of films yesterday. Instead I  slept in and used today as errand day before heading to Kampala with the girls for the weekend. I checked my e-mail, dropped some extra balloons to my friend Jeremy’s guest house, found a way to make a Ugandan flag patch, and had a relaxing lunch while reading a new book I started.

The book I began reading is called Jesus of Suburbia, by Mike Erre. Jessie was reading it when I got to Gulu and suggested it to me. Its a great book that really asks a lot of the same questions I have been asking, and so I feel like it helped to spur my thoughts. I think that being here has opened my eyes to so much more than ever before in my life to the things that I have accepted as ‘normal.’ This seems to happen a lot while traveling, but especially in Uganda and Rwanda I have seen my norms be challenged and the necessity growing for me to redefine some things that I have always accepted as the way it is. Though its difficult in a way, its also really good.

Later in the evening, after a little discussion, us girls decided that we would take the midnight bus to Kampala. There is one that runs very late in the evening and we decided that the time we would save the next day might just make it worth it. The whole process of us getting on the bus was pretty comical, but we boarded at 9:45pm and arrived safely (though the ride was interesting) in Kampala at 2:30am. After a taxi dropped us at New City Annex, it was time for sleep!