Helloooo

So, since I am once again mooching internet from my friend's modem, I might as well make use of it by posting an update. So, it looks like my schedule in Gulu will be long days Monday through Thursday, shadowing Reproductive Health Uganda, but Friday through Sunday I won't really have anything to do, which is sweet. This weekend has been pretty busy though, as we have been trying to find an apartment. We have visited several brokers and have a couple options, but we cannot get a definite answer about our first choice, so we are sort of in limbo. This would be an apartment in a nice, clean complex very close to where we are now, and it is dirt cheap. As in, each of the 6 of us would be paying about 50 cents a day. Hahaha. The only downside is, the apartment is so small that we will literally be on top of eachother. Our other option is more spacious and more expensive (and by that, I mean 3 dollars a day...Ugandan prices are really spoiling me), but it's kind of grimy so we're hoping this other one pulls through. I don't like being grownup and having to find my own housing! It's so stressful.

In other news...Friday night we had dinner with majors from the UGANDAN ARMY. My friend Kathy was walking down the street, and a truck of them drove by and offered her a ride, and then asked her to dinner. So a bunch of us met them for drinks and dinner, during which they continued to pump us full of alcohol, but they did pay us for everything and took us dancing, which was fun. We have also met a number of other important people, like the head of NAADS, a really big organization over here, and some professors who are helping us all with of our research. But, I continue to like Gulu a lot, it's just very chill and pleasant, and the nights are nice and cool (in temperature) and there is music everywhere. It's nice to be with friends too and always have someone to do things with.

So, hopefully more updates soon. PS Happy Birthday dad!!