End of Program... :(

End of the Program…

            Damn.  This week has been absolutely crazy!  I finished my final paper—it feels super good to be done with!!  YIPEEE!!  On Sunday we had our homestay party!  It was held at the Uganda National Museum and was so nice!  We got there at five and there were only two other families there.  Over the next hour, everyone showed up and it was so good to see all of my friends who had been gone during practicum period and to get to meet their families!  We had dinner and then DANCING!  Snap- there were some crazy awesome dancers!  It was fantabulous!

            That night, we all went back to Jeliza.  The place where it all started!  The next morning, we set off for Jinja.  Crevi and I watched “How I Met Your Mother” on the way there and it was so much fun!  A little slice of home!  The Kingfisher Safari Resort is BEAUTIFUL!  It was awesome and we got a five-person hut and so comfortable!  We spent Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday presenting.  There were some really great presentations and everyone did an awesome job!  It was fun to learn about what everyone did. 

            In the morning, we would have a delicious breakfast of omelet, bread, pineapple and COFFFEEE!  Yes. Delicious coffee- not instant!  Then on to presentations!  When we got out, we would go straight to the pool and all hang out!  Then tea time at 5- AKA: MORE COFFFEEEE for me!!  Dinner at 7 and then more chillin’, How I Met Your Mother and more chillin’!!  Overall, an incredibly relaxing time! 

            Thursday, after we finished, a bunch of us went off to Bugagali Falls to see some rapids from the Nile.  It was pretty sweet!  Then we got chipati with nutella, peanut butter and banana.  DELICIOUS!  We had dinner together and after, we all sat around with beers and chattin’ about all our experiences!  It was fun!  After, Marissa, Crevi, Cait, Gayle, Mia and I went to “Viewers Spot Club”—haha, I think it sounds like a stripclub, but it wasn’t—and we just DANCED!  So much dancing and it was wonderful!  We truly had a wonderful night!

            Friday…back to Kampala.  It was sad to leave.  Sad to pick up our passports today.  Sad to finish up the program.  Sad to know that everyone else is gonna see their families in two days while Cait and I have two and a half weeks.  Ugh.  BUT…we have KENYA and it’s gonna be a BLAST!!!

            Okay…hope you all are having a blast!

Love,

Cm