Explaination of the silence

So some people may already know why I've been the biggest blog slacker on the planet. The reason is that I'm now home. I got home on the 7th of April which was a surprise to a lot of people. Since then I've been trying to get back into my old life and it's been easier to do that if I don't think about what I've been up to the past 9 months. I've been catching up with family and friends while trying to figure out what on earth is going on with life in north america.

Plus sides to being home:

• Family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Movies, music etc that I haven't heard of before
• people being able to understand me when I talk
• knowing how to act in different social situations
• being able to relax
• food - glorious food
• blending in to a crowd
• knowing if strangers are talking to me it's not because they see someone who can pay their school fees, sponsor them in someway or get them a 'green card' or whatever
• life is much easier

Things I miss:

• friends and co-workers
• living the good life inexpensively
• bye bye mzungu/muno bye!!!! kids
• the chaos and constant streams of people around
• the mosque waking me up
• being able to hail a boda and get anywhere i want in the city in under 20 minutes total
• I'm sure there's more but as I said I haven't really started to process or even think about my time in Uganda because it's just easier this way at the moment.

I still don't know how this experience has changed me but I'm sure it has and I'm sure it will stand out in my memory forever.