CHOGM

....stands for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, and it is happening here in Uganda at the end of the month. Chogm means that the roads are being redone, causing horrendous traffic, and that the prices of everyhting are rising, because, the queen is coming. Jinja is right at the source of the nile, so the queen may be stopping in (it hasne been decided yet) but the possibility means that the entire area is going nuts. rafting trips arent allowed out on the 2oth (the date the queen will be here) etc.. Typical uganda.
After three weeks here i am starting to get my bearings and really figure things out. I have gotten more use food, the campsite, rea0adjusted to my tent, have learned a little of the local language (lusoga and luganda) been on most of the river, etc.. It is starting to feel like home here, which is nice. So far on this trip i cannot believe how lucky i have been in the poeple that i have met. Its sad that some of them will be leaving soon, so ive just been enjoying the time we spend together. My daily routine has become 7am yoga, bfast, work at the clinic, have lunch at teh clinic (delicious ugandan food prepared by Esther, our cook) do some data entry, maybe kayak a little, have dinner, and chill out at Eden rock, another campsite down the road. Its a nice schedule, which i am fully aware will be changing as soon as Dr. Jessie arrives the 2oth.
For now, things at the clinic are going welll. I gave two family planning lectures last week, complete with me putting a condom on an eggplant to the giggles of ugandans, and not knowing a word of what Godfrey , our translator and one of the clinics nurses was ssaying. Right now im working on a way to redo the family planiing information to make more interactive with annie and kristen, and then try and propose a joint sPH and Soft Power Education project revoling aound health /sex ed for teenagers. If it happens, it would be a great project, seeing as the majority of schools health ed programs here are severely lacking.
i love hearing all your responses and comments on the blog, so keep them coming. As they say here, ehy buga MO.. or im hot! so im gonna head on out and do some work before i jump in the rivah. Illl try and send some pcitures asap- stay tuned.