State Side

So I am back in the states. I cried as the wheels lifted from the tarmac in Entebbe. Uganda is a home and I'm not sure when I will return. However, I will tell you that I will return someday.

The people at the airport in Entebbe refused to check my bags all the way through. Which meant that I ensured their safe arrival by checking my bags in every time I got to an airport. This lead me to have to go through the London customs to retrieve my bags which lead me to miss my flight! Not to worry, I was put on the next flight and I was fine. Besides that, my flights were normal and somehow went very quickly.

Re-entry is a bit different this time.

I made dinner last night and you know what I made? Beans and rice. As I was chopping the onion and garlic I realized that everything going into my meal I could get in Uganda. It was at this point that I realized I might be missing my life there a bit more than I knew. Did I really just sub-consciously make a meal that I could and did eat on a regular basis in Uganda? Uhm, yup- I did.


Besides that- the normal re-entry of being a bit overwhelmed with the amount of choice Americans have (I mean- how many types of cereal do you need!?) and the gluttony of my culture. Yet I am enjoying it too! Real cheese, clean roads, a car (!), fast internet- all things that I didn't get in Uganda.

I've decided to keep up the blog. So keep following if you wish. The next three months will be full of a few domestic trips (Florida and Boston) while I also work hard on my paper. Should be an interesting season of life but I am looking forward to it.