Had a productive yet quick turnaround at site, taught a good lifeskills lesson, and then got to Entebbe for Camp BUILD (Boys of Uganda in Leadership Development).
The mudstove looks ok at site. Time is flying by with America trip #2 in sight. Got my leave request signed by my Supervisor and will turn it in to the Peace Corps office next week.
Am planning a Masaka area Thanksgiving that is picking up a lot of steam. Shockingly not a lot of people want to cook for 20.
Ran 3 times this week including a continuous 6 miles once. Hoping to get back up to 8 soon. Might try to run a half marathon at the end of the month though I am not really trained up for it yet.
Lows:
Clemson is no longer undefeated, but we weren't a legit contender anyway. Lots to play for still, a 13-1 season with a top 5 ranking going into next year is still on the table.
For the second week in a row my organization postponed their monthly meeting, meaning I will not be able to attend. Later today I need to send them an email reminding them they need to apply for a new Peace Corps Volunteer. Hopefully they won't ask if I will recommend to Peace Corps that they get one, cause I'll tell them the truth.
Have had a short fuse lately and have been snappy at folks in my village.
Had multiple other incidents while running that have not been document on this blog.
3 of my fantasy running backs going into the week had injuries, just as I'm about to be in the biggest matchup of the season, me and Danny for the top position. Darn you Bradshaw, Wells and McFadden!
What I Did:
Scouted out 10 Tables restaurant, and Backpackers Masaka hostel for Thanksgiving. Traveled to Entebbe so that my org could cancel our monthly meeting, and held my weekly lifeskills class. Then went to training for Camp BUILD.
What Is On The Agenda:
Peace Corps medical will take up the vast majority of my week. Also trying to promote a chapter of EWB (maybe a Fluor Chapter) to pickup my Bio Gas program. Also need to finally work on the darn BUILD and GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) applications.
Peace Corps paid time in Kampala means casino nights!
Sanity Meter:
Snappy, mildly insane, short fused, but really happy when Ugandans are not driving me crazy.
What I'm Reading:
Finished Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut after several weeks struggling to get through a book. After really enjoying the book's intro I was mostly disappointed with everything once the trip to San Lorenzo started.
I'm on out of site excursion a lot lately so I'm stuck in the middle of Kav and Clay. I'm trying to knock out Golf's Sacred Journey this week by David L. Cook. It's a short book I got from Jenny's dad. Probably best described as an easy and peaceful read.
Ideal week would mean I knock out the golf book, Slaughterhouse 5, and maybe another quick read.
Ugandan Annoyance of the Week:
Muzungu. I am just tired of being called a Muzungu and no longer tolerate it.
Also sick and tired of people messing with me for their own amusement or their lack of discipline to control their curiosity. People who mess with me these days get messed with back.
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