WATCH OUT y’all
Guys…i got the herps! this last week in the village has been rough to say the least. everything is wrapping up and i fill pretty dang shitty, but i am slowly recovering so i shall be a-okay. i had to visited the mzungu doc for my bleeding hemorrhoid and then now i have a sore in my mouth, from the strain of herpes that 70-80% of the population has though that causes cold sores so no worries. the only problem is that it is the size of a freakin dime and hurts like a mother! not to mention that the rest of my mouth is inflamed like i just downed a bottle of chili sauce. but i have gotten down eating on one side of my mouth. talking about eating and food here, whoever says you are going to come back losing a few with an amazing tan has obviously never been to uganda! first for my tan, my skin has burn, peeled and burned so i look all patchy and then it is only in spots where my skin is exposed, that means due to the conduct of appropriate dress, my legs and pretty much everything else are blinding since they haven’t seen a speck of sunlight for a long time, and i getting a pretty dang awesome farmer’s tan. then the food, all carbs and oil, drenched in oil! so much that every female is complaining about the losing of a figure and gaining weight, but for me it explains the malnurishment that are imposed upon these children. as a result of the mass amount of lack of the proper nutrients, extended stomachs and copper colored hair emerge. Everything else seems superficial when you are healthy and i find it extremely difficult to complain about anything else when you look around. we have established a healthy initiatives team within the village in order for them to continue the work that we has started so that when we leave, hopefully it will be sustainable. i am really excited for the partnership that has been created with the district office of health, and our man the health assistant has been amazing in the active role he has been undertaking. training for the selected members will be wednesday but the program is coming to an end this tuesday for wrap up and evaluation, but i think that a few of us will sneak back into the villlage to observe them being educated and trained by the health assistant. not only that, our well is making wonderful progress and it is amazing that 700 US and a partnership with the village and engineers will allow for the entire village to have clean water. its kinda of sickening actually thinking what some americans spend their money on, including myself, when people don’t even have access to safe water! the first week of august i will be heading out to murchinson falls for a three day four night adventure/ safari. what a great example of poorly spending money, huh, but i have heard that this is one place that someone has to go. i will be flying home on August 8th, moving into the dorms the same day and the first meeting that starts my RA training is the next day. after 30 hours of traveling and then unpacking, i am going to be exhausted to say the least. BUT shout out to my CKC-ers summer staff, i want to see you girls beautiful faces when i come that weekend. i’ll be checking in on the 8th so i don’t know if any of ya are working but still! hope everyone is having a wonderful summer, peace, kt
