I'm Here!!!

Hey everyone!

I'm in Uganda now. Let me just give you some highlights so far.

Starting with Charlotte: My bag was overweight, but I decided to just suck it up and pay the few instead of trying to figure out what to eliminate in the middle of the airport. That would have been way too stressful for me. I realize that I probably could have packed differently and tried to put some heavier items in my carryon instead of my checked baggage, or just check a smaller second bag. Then as I went through the security check point my bottle of sunscreen got confiscated. My only bottle of sunscreen. I was a little worried. Well, it was really just a continuation of my typically airport emotions. My flight left Charlotte at 1 pm. I arrived in Charlotte at 3 pm. Another lady from South Carolina, Lisa Ellis, was also on that flight and we met up. It was really nice and relieved much anxiety to go through JFK with someone else. We didn't leave JFK until around 11pm. Others in our program also arrived early so we met up and hung out until our overnight flight to London. Interestingly, the couple I sat beside were coming back from Irmo, SC where they son lives. They are from Sparta, some some English, but there was definately some type of language barrier. I probably slept maybe two rough hours on that flight. Then we had all of Sunday in London. We all went out into the city. Though London is a ridiculously expensive city, it was worth it to get out of the airport and break up the flying. After some walking around and eating a fish and chips lunch, we laid down for a nap in a park - it was lovely. I slept more on the flight to entebbe but still not alot. I would say two good hours, and 1 1/2 rough hours.
This morning we arrived in Entebbe and then rode into Kampala, we are staying at a backpackers in Kampala. Events today in Kampala included: shopping at garden city (where I bought some suncreen, yay!), visiting a secondary school in Kampala. Some of the top performing students come from there. Then we came back to backpackers for a few hours before we go to dinner. I was able to wash my hair and make this post, which I hope you all appreciate. So much as many happening there really has been a minute to get overwhelm b/c I've just had to go, go, go. I'm so excited to be here.
Tomorrow, we're heading to Gulu, a six hour bumpy ride. Then, I'll get settled in there.

Much Love!