Sometimes I fall, I slip

I feel like there's so much I want to share, so much that's happened since my last blog, which was only a couple days ago. I've journalled every day so far, but this also helps me keep up with what's going on, so I'll remember later. I think I'll start with today. I had class at 8:30 (Intro to Ugandan Politics, which I am really excited for by the way), then Faith and Action (less exciting; we discussed The Poisonwood Bible). Right after class, we all got on thebus and drove about an hour out to Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. We stopped first at Garden City, which is basically a mall, so that a bunch of us could exchange money (I changed $200 for $388,000; it was intense) and then get lunch. I got lasagna, which wasn't too exciting and garlic bread, which was delicious. Then we met up and broke up into groups to do a tour. The first stop my group made was the National Theatre craft fair. 3 other girls from my group were just going to stop there and look around and meet back up with everyone at the mall when we had to go. I did so also and it was really cool. There was some awesome stuff and I'm going to get people some sweet presents. I only bought one today, because it seemed like the only thing that might not be there again. I did get ideas and decide on things for a lot of people though. I wish I could tell you, but sadly they also read this probably.
After we got back, Honors College was having a party-deal. We all went to Thelma Hall and first some people gave different opening messages then each of the USP students paired with a UCU student and introduced them. We shared names, ages, and status. I was with Viola, who's a second year social work major here. She's 22 and single. When I told her I was taken, she thought I meant engaged so that's what she said when she introduced me. I had to clarify that I just meant that I'm in a relationship. Taken sounds so much better than "in a relationship." I told them that she was available. We ate and then had a dance party. It was really, really fun. I like dancing and there aren't too many occasions when there are a bunch of people all dancing a little goofy, which is basically the only time I'll dance.
Now I'm in the lobby with a giant flying cockroach. I don't like it very much. I packed for my homestay already, which I leave for tomorrow morning, so my Internet access will be fairly limited for the next 2 weeks. Right after homestays, Honors College has a weekend retreat. I'm excited for that too. I'm excited for my homestay also. I hope my family has kids. I am planning on getting online (and on Yahoo Messenger) on Monday morning, February 2nd - which will be Sunday, February 1st probably around 9 pm in Arizona. If you can get on and would like to see and/or chat with me (I have a webcam), sign on then. My Yahoo name is dolphinfrk2002.
Some other things I wanted to tell you about:
-I think our group is planning on doing a rafting trip on the Nile and a safari (separately). I'm super excited for both.
-I washed my laundry for the first time in a bucket on Thursday. I got bad rug burn-type deal on 2 of my knuckles on my right hand. It burned when I used hand sanitizer yesterday.
-I spelled it wrong earlier: mzungo (mi-zoon-goo) means white person. There's also a word for black person: mudugavu.
-At dinner on Wednesday, the power was out. Someone at a table in front of me somewhere was watching Gilmore Girls (the pilot episode) on their laptop. It made me want to watch it too.
-There's a fairly steep driveway hill into our dorm area. I've fallen on it twice so far, which stinks because it gets my clothes dirty.
-Earlier this week, I was having dinner with a couple other USPers and a couple UCU students and, somewhat randomly, one of the guys from UCU said to me "You look like you like kids." I told him that I do in fact. It was cool.
-Another afternoon, I was sitting on the porch of the other girls dorm and a couple UCU girls were watching the son of a professor. He was about 2-3 and really white, rith red hair. He was really cute and I thought it was interesting that while the two of them would sometimes mimic the sounds he made, they didn't talk baby talk to him at all. They talked to him like he was an equal, like he was their age.
-I've taken a bunch of pictures, but I don't have the patience to put them all up. It takes forever for blogspot to download pictures. Maybe another day I'll put them up on photobucket if that's faster. My photobucket account name is GingerSnap180. You can check it out. I think that's all for this evening. Email me and I may reply occasionally. Vaya con Dios!