so this is day three in uganda...so far so good. wonderful actually. ive been surprisingly unfased by this whole trip. i havent been scared or worried or crazy exited... just content. i dont mind the change in lifestyle at all. the only thing that's been frustrating is that we have no storage space whatsoever...which means everything remains stuffed in the suitcases. its beautiful here and im thouroughly enjoying my stay. im staying at a home with another USP student named becca. the family we are living with has twins and apparently it is a very high honor to be the parents of twins (the parents even change their names). so...because they have twins they requested to have 'twins' stay with them instead of only one student. the family is absolutely wonderful. very friendly and hospitable even though they have very little. we are staying in judy's room; she is 18 years old and is the one who primarily cares for us. in the home there is also her twin brother mark, simon who is a little younger than the twins, and two younger boys who are the sons of one of judy's uncles (they stay at the house when their parents are at school). The youngest 'nephew' is named jack. they don't know how old he is....they said maybe 1 -1 1/2. he doesn't understand english but he's become my little buddy already. the mother of the home says that jack love muzungu (white girls) (they have had USP students staying with them every semester for a couple years and every time he attaches himself to them. the food isn't bad either. the staple food here is matoke...a yellow paste made of steamed plantains. it has essentially no nutritional value but keeps you full. it's often topped with 'ground nut sauce' (a purple sause made of peanuts...it gets its color because they leave the red skin on the peanuts). it looks really strange...but tastes pretty good. also, we at sweet potatoes with a beef sauce...kind of like potatoes and gravy and a cubes of a corn meal paste that's kind of like cream of wheat...except sticky-er. we also eat various kinds of bread...always a little stale but decent. and they have tea time twice a day...breakfast tea and evening tea. that's one of my favorite parts of being here :). and i really don't mind showering from a basin...judy heats the water for us so it's almost enjoyable. the bathing room is a room in the house made of concrete with a a small drainage hole in one corner that drains the water outside...this is also where we brush our teeth. and the bathrooms aren't bad....just a concrete whole in the ground with wooden walls. the top is open so it doesn't smell awful either. and....i have been here three days and have managed not to be sick. the interns here said neither of them got sick when they did their semester at USP or while they have been interning...so im hopeful :). well...i guess this is long enough already....ill write more later.