Things I won’t miss about
getting ripped off on the matatu
garbage everywhere
being asked for money/scholarships/sponsors
frequent guilt-trips
cooked vegetables + starch = every meal
boda drivers yelling at me
flies all day, mosquitoes all night
always dirty feet
sketchy transportation
thin foam mattress
no flush toilet or shower
ants in the bread
our night prowler
being constantly on display
getting told I’m fat, or getting fat
painfully slow internet
the stink of latrines and rotting food
strange men wanting to “be my friend”
SPW training
Things I will miss:
delicious fruit
neighbors bringing gifts
growing vegetables in the back garden
goats everywhere
people’s excitement over my handful of Lusoga phrases
beautiful scenery
the weather
Teddy
the singing from church on Sundays
little kids dancing
the questions we get passed during lessons
Sandra’s visits and baby animals
working out with Kenneth after sunset (“Like this.” “What?”)
lots of stars
giant avocados
street food, esp. rolexes and samosas
weekends with the other volunteers
the excitement of care packages
monkeys
Dennis demonstrating the “jabber”
Father Francis’s laugh
Lucy, Lucy, Lucy
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