Ahhhhhhh!

It's done! I've submitted my first business school application--not the easiest thing to do using a variety of internet cafes in Kampala. But after months of having it hanging over my head it's finally out of my hands, for better or worse. What a relief! I sat there for several minutes just staring at the screen that read: "When you are ready, click the button to submit your complete application." I mean, is an application like that ever really complete? But seeing as today IS the deadline for Round 1, I think it was time. But I'm getting better--at least I didn't wait until 9:59 am tomorrow Uganda-time which would have been 11:59 pm California time!

So finishing this application took up the majority of my thought processing this weekend. It was actually a very rainy and gloomy weekend in Kampala--I'm so spoiled now that I couldn't even believe I didn't see the sun for two days straight! But it was nice to relax a bit. I went for a great brunch in town with Pia and Medde and then got a fabulous 30 minute spa pedicure for the equivalent of $8 yesterday, and watched some movies and lounged around. It a bit of a weird situation to be in for me in that I'm semi-permanent at the moment. I'm short-term enough that I really need to make an effort to see lots of the tourist attractions in a relatively short time, but I'm also living like a local and hanging out with locals. Therefore, it's easy to forget to run around and see the sights sometimes. But it can be quite nice to realize that to just live in a place anywhere in the world can be similar. You can still have your rainy weekends, your lazy Sundays with brunch no matter where you are. And that's a nice to know. Of course, for anyone who has (been lucky enough to have--ha!) lived with me, you may know I get a bit antsy, and I'm not the best at chilling out and just doing nothing. But I'm working on this because sometimes, no matter where you are, it's important to take some time to just recharge the batteries.

Now it's time for me to get to school for another week of art classes. This week we're making paper-crafts. Who remembers making paper fortune tellers in elementary school? Weren't they just the coolest? Anyone? Well, I barely do--so I have to go relearn how to make them so I can show the children!