Uganda, Pt. 2

I've now been in Uganda for over a month, and am totally settled into a daily routine. A normal day for me is

wake up at 5:45
quiet time from 6-7
clean my room, dress, eat breakfast (2 rolls and hot sweet tea) 7-8:30
class from 8/8:30-1
lunch break from 1-2:30
small group from 2:30-3:30
work duty from 3:30-5:30 (things like cleaning bathrooms, washing clothes by hand, shucking dried corn)
free time from 5:30-6:30 (I usually shower, rest, and read)
dinner at 6:30, followed by free time until bed.

I usually go into town on Saturday and do laundry on Sunday, punctuated by hanging out with friends. Going into town is an all day event, because travel is tiresome: walk to the bus stop, wait for a bus, drive, walk all over town, take the bus back to the bus stop, walk back. Even though the town is only a few miles away, it's about an hour travel each way. I usually go with my American friend Ella (eh, eh, eh Ella), and the first thing we always do is go to one of the restaurants with western food and eat. We eat a lot of carbs on the base, so we're always excited to get some variety in our diets.

A typical weekday menu:
breakfast: rolls and tea
lunch: beans and posho (I'm not really sure how to describe this-- it's like a really thick porridge made of corn).
supper: rice with beans or gnut (peanut) sauce, cooked greens or cabbage, pineapple.

So, there's a snippet of my daily life. tbc...