Spa Days Uganda style

AHhh! it's been so long since I blogged... I hate to admit this but it even took 3 tries for me to get my password right.

Today was another lovely day in Uganda... I rode my bike about 40 km. to visit Diana in Ibanda this morning. The ride was amazing!!! My bike didn't have any problems... but my butt and back are killing me because my seat is anything but fancy, my bike frame is too small (the "sport" bikes they get here are imported from Japan and so are made for people with smaller frames) and the fact that I haven't riden a bike farther than 10 Km in months doesn't help...

At Diana's we made one of our famous and AMAZING fruit salads (fresh pineapple, bananas, passion fruit, and fresh grated ginger), homemade flour tortillas, and guac to die for... this guac was better than normal even because the cilantro Diana has been growing is finally ready.

After eating our lovely guac we had to come up with something to do with the rest of our avocados. ... don't be jealous but avocados are about 100 shillings each here which equals a very small amount in USD (the conversion is about 1700 USH: 1USD)... so we decided to make homemade facial masks with the the avocado, honey, and eggs. (I feel like this is starting to become a recipe page!!) Well, after completely smothering our faces in the goo, we still had extra left over so we decided to just go for the gold and put it in our hair too.

By the time we finished we looked like some kind of gooey green monsters and smelled like a mix of strong egg and avocado that has been sitting out for too long...this was also about the time that one of Diana's neighbors came by to hang out with us. Of course we freaked out and hid like little babies but it all turned out okay and now our faces and hair are like heaven.

And to think... you all thought i was coming here to save african orphans... really I'm just here for the fantastic food and facials. (only joking)

seroiusly though things in the village are moving along... next week I start teaching health science to the primary 6 and 7 students. I'm really really excited about it but also a little nervous. Typical me I haven't even begun to make a lesson plan or even figure out what the heck I will talk about... thank goodness I don't start until wed.

We also have been working on our plans to build a new in-patient ward for the health center. We will be having a committee meeting next week to finalize the plans and should be hiring our contractor within the month. We desperately need the additional space so I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out okay.

Alright! that's all for now.. I'm using the comp in Diana's office and people need to use it for real work. (and yes, it is 8:30pm here right now, but the power has been off all day today and yesterday so work hours are a little skewed right now.)

peace and love everyone!!!!