New Year's Resolutions
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I haven't made these in years but am this year. The first 9 months of this year is the last part of our Uganda placement. The final part of the year will be back home in Scotland with a visit to the US for xmas. Busy.
1. Lose the weight I keep wa...
1. Lose the weight I keep wa...
A sad anniversary
posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
I've realized that this coming Sunday it will be 10 years since my mother died. I miss her.
Hard to believe it's been so long, but then again, so much has happened in my life in the last 10 years. Things have happened that I would have loved to ...
Hard to believe it's been so long, but then again, so much has happened in my life in the last 10 years. Things have happened that I would have loved to ...
Retirement does not have to boring!!
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
I am truly flabbergasted when people worry that they will be bored when they retire. They are afraid they'll just rot and die.
It may be true that it is easier to make retirement fulfilling when you have money than when you don't, but there are ...
It may be true that it is easier to make retirement fulfilling when you have money than when you don't, but there are ...
Christmas and families
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I am getting very excited about going to Michigan for Christmas. Since moving out of the US in the spring of 2000, I've only missed xmas once with my family and that was last year.
It's a bit strange being the 'senior generation'. No grandparent...
It's a bit strange being the 'senior generation'. No grandparent...
Need a good long rant!!!
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 2 hours later | 2 comments
Just need to blow off some steam and typing it where no one else can read it doesn't have the same cathartic effect.
A woman my husband and are I stuck with in close proximity is driving me f***ing crazy. I'm afraid my off and on Buddhist practi...
A woman my husband and are I stuck with in close proximity is driving me f***ing crazy. I'm afraid my off and on Buddhist practi...
Ugandans and Obama
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
Ugandans often ask me who I am voting for in the US election. Reactions to my reply of 'Obama' are huge smiles, thumbs up, and overwhelming approval. When I posted my ballot at the local post office I was invited to come and celebrate with the sta...
Kids in Uganda
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I took this photo while out visiting the family of a student. The kids came running from everywhere to see the 'mzungus' (white people). The younger ones had most likely never seen a white person before.
The student told us seeing mzungus in per...
The student told us seeing mzungus in per...
Wee Betty
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
I had lived in Scotland for 4 years when I decided I was tired of being chained to a desk and wanted to do something else. This something else became helping the elderly remain independant whilst living in sheltered housing as opposed to waiting t...
A Ugandan hospital
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
One of our volunteers works in a local hospital as a doctor. My husband and I visited today and it was difficult not to cry.
I could never have imagined any hospital being in this state. Don't know why I am shocked though. We discovered:
-There...
I could never have imagined any hospital being in this state. Don't know why I am shocked though. We discovered:
-There...
Education in Uganda
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
Uganda has many colleges and universities. Primary education is free but secondary demands a fee.
I live on a college campus that teaches students to become primary school teachers. The tutors who teach them are often, but not always, university...
I live on a college campus that teaches students to become primary school teachers. The tutors who teach them are often, but not always, university...
