Taking a Break

ive decided to take a break from batting at mosquitos with my electric tennis racket to start my blog.  for me, its hard to start a blog or a journal or a paper for the first time.  there is so much in me that wants to make this blog the perfect expression of my experiences because i so much want others to share the world im living in.  but the funny thing is, is that regardless of how i write this, you will still see it through your own lens and have your own experience.

getting here to kampala took so much effort for us.  i think more than we ever imagined. it has been such a long journey and its not quite over yet.  we still plan to make one more move into our home.  currently, we have been staying with our friend john who is one of the most gracious hosts imaginable.  hes particularly patient with all of our special family needs and issues.  its so nice that eva and john have a liking for one another.  especially when eva is throwing mashed bananas on the floor....one thing ive appreciated is that john checks in with us daily about what our "highlights" have been.  even if ive had a hard day of adjusting or feeling lost, i still think about what could possibly be my highlight?  its a good exercise for being in a significant transition.  sometimes its "i didn't wake up with my eye swollen shut from a mosquito bite today! hurray!"  other times its "mike bought me my favorite chocolate bar that i cant even find in the states!"  and sometimes its "i got through today and didn't have a meltdown!"  Hurray again!

ive decided to call this blog 'the little things' because it really sums up what often are significant factors in how i see life.  for me, the little things have such an impact on how i see the overall picture.  my friend sheree has been the one to push me towards acknowledging how the little things are often really the big things, especially if you add them up.

i want to keep track of these things because i feel they are a gift from above.  they are gifts from God and i will not, to the best of my ability, let the little things be forgotten in my daily living.  because honestly, sometimes daily living can be mundane or even boring or hard.  this new phase of not working has been one of the biggest transitions for me so far.  i am home with my little one (and preparing for the new little one) and often i find myself wondering what to do with myself?  its not hard to answer that question - A MILLION THINGS.  i could literally be doing a million things.  but transitioning to Uganda with a family often leaves me sitting outside on a plastic lawn chair staring at the exotic birds.  oh, and trying to get eva to play with the leaves or something.  because we have next to no toys.

so, anyways, here is my first post.  it is not all-inclusive, but thats how it needs to be.  today my highlight was pretty significant.  mike sent me away to the kabira country club for a day of relaxing by the pool ALONE.  that deserves a hip-hip-hurray!  i drank a POT of african chai tea (im hooked) and a large portion of Indian food.  i got myself a scrub AND massage.  and i spent the rest of my afternoon reading and taking a nap on a lounge chair.  i suddenly forgot where i was...