new apartment, power outages & other updates

It has been a while since my last post (well at least according to my mom!). This is in part due to a lack of internet at the office, since August 28, and various power outages.

Last Tuesday I moved into my new apartment. I am in the same complex, but now in a 2br unit on the 4th floor. I am very happy up here! I decided to celebrate the move with a beer - when I went to buy it (you can buy just one), they asked when I would return the bottle....a new experience.

The work week itself was insanely busy as we tried to finalize all of the country 3 year plans. The regional team all sits together and looks through them projected onto the wall. I have said it before but wow - an immense amount of work goes into those documents. I am slowly but surely starting to pick up on what it is that we look for as we review them. We also reviewed my South Africa plan and it wasn't as far off as I thought it might be.

The weekend was pretty good - went out Friday night, to the gym Saturday morning followed by a mani/pedi and then a ton of watching tennis! I also received my first package from home when some Early Childhood Consultants arrived in Kampala. Thanks for the treats Dad & Care:)

Early Sunday morning the power went out....a good reason to get some more sleep! The outages are funny as at times certain outlets will work. For example, the outlet where I plug in my computer works for most of the day (but not the internet). Around 430 I received full power for about an hour and then it was gone again! Upon waking up this morning....I discovered there was still no power. Not only was there no power but no water!!! Thank goodness for all the wet wipes that I brought and the bottles of water that I had.

After the first day of a 5 day workshop on Early Childhood Education I returned home fairly exhausted to discover there was still no power... except for the odd outlet. Lucky for me that it cam back on about 30 minutes ago and I have my fingers crossed that I will have water tomorrow morning.

Congratulations to Denise & Kevin!! Thanks to Paula for posting some great pics!

Looking forward to my first visitor this week!!! A friend from my MTA days, Shona, who works in DRC will be here for a few days prior to her trip to South Africa:)

Happy Labour day to all!