à bientôt...: May 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011

hi mum! (and maybe anyone else reading)

i am here and well. accidentally landed in Rwanda. well, intentionally landed in Rwanda.

But now I am in Uganda, staying at an amazing guest house with Moses and Leigh and soooo happy to be hanging out with Tak/meeting David.

Babies are the cutest! I want one! (hi mum!)

Nothing exciting to report yet. The city is calm though and it is hot and I am wearing a flowered dress.

much love

k.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

01.33. May 5, 2011

i have had such an amazing last few days in Montreal

full of:

walking

talking

shopping/

browsing

photographing

cuddling

eating

drinking [a bit]

all as preceders to the wonderful trip that happens...NOW!

yes this marvelous trip has elapsed into the now, and my flight leaves in less than

six hours for Amsterdam/2.5h/Uganda

I get to meet my bestie in Amsterdam's Schipol airport

spend a week with her in uganda

then welcome my dear mother next week for her third trip to Uganda.

I don't know what my goals are for this trip just yet, but I just think about some of the people who have become like extended family to me there and I can't wait!

The violence in Kampala is...there. But also avoidable. I don't intend to toil with politics while there anyway.

We have our own government to fear as it is.

[though a comparison to Uganda and Canada is hardly warranted. I retract my statement.]

Expect long lapses of communication - except if I find a working wireless network.

I definitely was in Zara this past week in the baby clothes section, imagining how cute the babes are this year.

hopefully the babes are cuter than the babes' fashion trends.

[i'm hopeful]

dear family and friends - if I've ignored you lately I'm so sorry! It's not for lack of wanting to be in touch. My heart and thoughts are with you though my emotions are spread thin as I prepare for this trip.

note to self:

packing for Uganda and France at the same = tough. I saw Nico's face move to horror as I showed him the new heeled boots I'm bring with me.

"to uganda?"

-"no. they're for france."

I have one bag full of chic wine tasting gastronomy clothing and another full of khaki and cotton for uganda.

i love you.

i'm so excited.

je vais te manques.

tu va me manques.

one of the two...

the less conceited-sounding one.

I return home to MONTREAL when I come back.