The First Few Days

Well I figured it was about time that I put a blog post up that actually had something to do with the time since leaving Ga. There has been a lot of things and I just have to see if I can remember it all correctly. Here is sorta a overview of things since last friday.

Friday morning- got dropped off in the terminal that was listed on my paperwork. Only to find out a short time later I needed to be in the other terminal. (Paperwork said at the international, but I actually needed to be at the domestic. They are two seperate terminals and it requires taking a special bus to get between them)(it has to drive around to the other side of the airport)

Friday afternoon- This was when the real fun started, first off for some odd reason I was on a puddle jumper for the flight from Atlanta to Newark. (Seat configuration was 1 and 2, which normally you would see either a 2-3 or a 3-3) The landing was a bit interesting cause of a 30 MPH cross wind. After that nothing eventful happened tial about thrity minutes before boarding my flight to Brussels. I called home just to let them know that I was about to fly out. This is when I first became of a annoying situation, because of a change of short term facilitators having happened between the friday before christmas and then when I left. The new person wasn't aware that I had an ASB account (a bank that AIM uses for all their people)(it totally wasn't her fault). This still caused a bit of an issue because it meant that some costs I would have to cover immediately.

Saturday morning (early)- Land in Brussels, and get to enjoy nap during my lay over there. Then around 10am (brussels time) board a plane bound for Entebbe. (with one side stop in Rwanda)

Saturday Night- Had a "brief" stop in the capital of rwanda to let some people off and board some others. Of course this did not go as planned, and an hour long stop turned into a two and a half hour plus stop. Which means instead of getting into Entebbe at 11pm I got the afte 12:30 am. Which after a 45 minute to an hour long drive meant I wasn't in bed till nearly two.

Sunday- met other guests at Matoke Inn (four Canadians, three Brits, and two Americans). Went to church at a local church in the area, and then went to lunch with some of the other people from the Inn.

Monday- Had Orientation in the morning, and then a visit into Kampala. Got to walk around the city for a while with James( A Brit short-termer in the southwest team that is working at a hospital for the next seven weeks) and rhone? (a ugandan that works in the AIM office). Got some things we needed, and got to see some of the different shops.

Tuesday - Catch the post bus with James and Laura (An AIM Short term Physiotheripist working up near Kampala but visiting the southwest team. (Also working for a few days with Zillah, a British Physio on our team). Had a team meeting over the the Skinners house (they are the south west team leaders, and a great family to get to know.) (Got to enjoy a chocolate two layer cake, iced and with oreos on the outside and in the middle) Also got to meet Seb, a Brit who has been an intern with Abide in the past. (yes there are a lot of brits out here).

Well that pretty much catches yall up to speed. Sorry to cut some things short but it has been a rather busy few days, there are more coming, and I really could use the sleep. Be looking for more updates to come.