Blog Sabbatical

As Kody and I drove to the airport on the 3rd, I tried not to cry. Inside, the airport was mayhem. I'd never seen it that crazy and I was once again thankful for all of those business trips back to the US that earned me a gold card in about 9 months. We wizzed through (compared to the others, very irritable passengers) and I got ready to say goodbye for now to my home since last April.

I've been back in the US nearly two weeks now, and still can't quite grasp that NY is home again. My blog was intended to give my family and friends a glimpse of my life, being so far away. Now that I'm back, its time to return to more regular forms of communication - like phone calls and emails that I've been terrible about making. Kampala friends, I hope that we'll stay in touch. You made my first experience living abroad a fantastic one. We miss you already!

I won't post to gablam until my overseas practicum for school (one year from now), but do upload photos on flickr here from time to time.

A year and a half in Uganda

Please do keep in touch and thanks for reading!

There's only three hours left until I can check in for my flight online. I'm in serious denial. There's nothing left in the house, and we're heading out soon for our last night out in Kampala, but it hasn't really sunk in yet that we're going. Maybe tomorrow?

We're having a big last weekend here in Kampala. Last minute art shopping took us to the Makerere University Art School to check out a barkcloth exhibit. No buys there, but Kody did pick up this cool guinea fowl shirt in a market on the way home. Check out the billboard above his head, which Kody worked on for Moringa Ogilvy.

After lunch, we headed over to the Lugogo Cricket Oval for the Wycef Jean concert. Near the end of the show, Wyclef ended up in a cherry picker right behind us, which Kody somehow ended up being on. Always at the center of the party!