Finally Made It!

I MADE IT! I'm in Uganda. Currently sitting on my bund. Top bunk to be exact. Let me just start by saying this is unreal. I still don't believe that I'm actually here. Maybe it's the jet lag and exhaustion but this is ridiculous.

Here is the run down of my travels-

I woke up Sunday morning super early remembering that I needed to at least buy the next Harry Potter book to prepare for my travels. Bought the next two books and then went back to sleep. Then I woke up for real and got my things together said a prayer with my family and was off to the airport! I took my Malaria pill when I got to the airport on an empty stomach and quickly realized that was a huge mistake. I was seriously going to throw up in line waiting to check in. Luckily my mom came to the rescue and gave me some food and I was fine again.

Africa lesson #1: Never take Malaria pills on an empty stomach.

I said good-bye to my parents and headed for my gate. At my gate I met my travel buddies and soon we boarded the plane for our 14 hour flight to Ethiopia. I took a Zzquil and feel asleep quickly. I slept most the way but also squeezed in some reading, a movie and some TV shows. They fed us 3 pretty good meals and drinks periodically. I was lucky enough to have a window seat too!

The best part of the flight was when we landed and the whole plane started to clap. It was so wonderful. We got off the plane so grateful to be able to stand up and walk around. We had about a 3 hour lay-over and we played some games, slept a little, and just kinda hung out.

Our next flight was to Entebbe, Uganda and it was a short 2 hour flight. I sat down and fell immediately asleep and stayed asleep for pretty much the whole flight. We landed in Uganda and took some must have tourist pictures (not on my camera..sorry) and went to get our visas. I was a little nervous just because I was told they could be picky about our money but there were no issues at all! We got our luggage and headed off to meet our Country Director. We turned the corner and there was a million people waiting to passengers with signs. We must have looked like lost puppies because almost immediately an airport workmen lead us to our director. Maybe because we were the only "Muzungus." (Muzungus is what all the locals call us, it means white people.)

After we met our director we loaded in a van and started our 6 hours drive to our house. Once again I slept most the way but also just stared out the window awestruck that I was actually in Uganda. I was loving the land, the culture, the people, and there was even a beautiful sunset! Africa is gorgeous and I'm loving it already.

Time for bed now, tomorrow will be my first real day here and so far I know that I'm going on a run early and then going to paint a school. Should be an exciting day!