cake, cockroaches, and koalas

- so we've had 2 or 3 thunderstorms. they dont last very long. but i like them. i sleep better.

- had some pizza today. there is a lady on campus with a little food business and some students went in to order some pizza from her. it was cheese and it wasn't bad. but it wasn't donatos.

- i also had come "cake." it was a little pastry-type thing. actually like a normal cake, just shrunk down to the size of a cookie. and with no icing.

- i caught a lizard! it was on my window. captured animals: butterfly, grasshopper, lizard...

- i saw a rat in the family room. actually i watched it run through the hallway and into the family room, under a chair and into the couch. it has chewed a conveniently rat-sized hole there.

- also there are cockroaches in our cupboard. they scatter when i open the doors to grab a cup. i wish they were koalas instead.

- i went to a graduation celebration saturday. we were there for 8 hours but we left early. it was at the graduates home in kampala. there were over 200 ugandans, friends and family, and me - the one "muzungu", white person. it involved a small sermon, songs, speeches, and food. everyone was fed a full plate of food and drinks! and i had real cake with icing in the form of two bite-size pieces as it was shared and passed around for everyone. we only missed the dancing. and thats really what i'm all about.