I finally went running through the sugar cane fields! I can't even begin to explain how beautiful it is here! It is so green and lush. We went on a little run this morning through the village past a beautiful catholic church, some humble African homes, and a huge sugar cane field. I felt kind of silly running for recreation when all the people we passed were carrying huge loads on their heads or pushing rusty bicycles up steep hills with huge jugs of water on the back of the bike. They all laugh at us when we run by because no one exercises here for recreation since their daily routines are all so physically demanding. The run was great though, and it felt so good to be out running again, I missed it.
I have never felt like this before, not even after I ran the half marathon, but every single muscle in my legs cramped up after we finished our run. Shouldn't the heat and humidity make them looser?
This morning, Alex and I observed the physical therapist, Grace, at the hospital again. We watched her work on two patients, one with leg pain in her femoral nerve from an improper injection for malaria (the untrained nurse hit her nerve with the shot instead of her muscle... ouch!) and the other, a nurse with back pain. I was so envious of the massages she was giving them and wanted so badly to get one myself! We are going to go back tomorrow morning if all goes well, and she told us that she wants us to start assisting her with her patients! I'm so excited!
Projects have been coming along pretty well, we are still trying to organize everything, communicate with partners, and work out the logistics of things, but I think that we're going to have some great projects this summer. We just heard from the chairman and he wants us to go out to a few villages this coming Tuesday-Friday to do physical therapy and public health trainings. I think we will be spending the night there if we get plans approved. Cool! I'm excited to see more of Uganda. I feel a little unqualified to be going out to schools and such to do these trainings, but Immanuel taught us all about HIV/AIDs this morning and I learned so much! With a little more training and studying myself, I think that I will have something valuable to offer to these students and people.
I think that's all for now! Hope my legs loosen up soon!
PS: my new staple food is an avacado sandwich... basically mashed avacado on bread with salt and lime if you are lucky. It is actually quite delicious! The avacadoes here are at least three times the size of avacadoes back home--the pit of these avacadoes alone is probably the same size as the ones you find in the states. It's hard to come up with anything creative to eat here since there are no microwaves or stoves. I never realize what a convenience those are. We did get a fridge last week though! I miss having an easy bowl of cereal. Can you believe, no cereal here? I found one box of corn flakes, but who likes corn flakes? Plus, I heard that the milk is not pasturized so I haven't risked drinking any just yet...
When life hands you lemons... make avacado bread!
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