Road Humps

There are occastionally "humps" in the road here. There are usually two in a row and they are often near schools or where there is a lot of pedestrian traffic. They are fun to go over on a motto if your driver knows what he's doing. They suck when he doesn't.

I had a 'hump' in my road this week. Being sick sucks normally, but there is something extra pathetic about being sick when you are alone and far from home. Almost every one of my trips so far has had me spending the better part of the night sleeping/trying to sleep on the bathroom floor and this week that happened again. I still don't know what made me sick - each other time it was food that made me sick but I don't think that was it this time. I was also sick longer than I have been in the past from food poisoning. But today I am feeling nearly human and have even left the house to run some errands and to sit in bourbon where I am thinking about ordering some chicken soup. A nice change from rice and crackers.

It has been frustrating to be stuck in bed when I really want to be doing work. I have plans for next week and I am determined that things will Progress and that I will Get Things Done. I have some tentative meetings scheduled. There are several places that I have yet to find contact info for - next week I plan to go to those organizations and ministries and hope someone talks to me... but first I have to find them. There are no addresses per se in Kigali. Some of the roads now have names, but most people don't know them and they aren't widely used. There aren't any numbers on the houses. For example, my address is Kabeza, across from the Air Force. Kabeza is an area of Kigali and we are literally across the street from the Air Force. One of the organizations I want to visit has the address of Kicikyru near the World Food Program offices. Kicikyru is huge and I think there are two WFP offices there. So you can see how it can get a little complicated. But, I am confident with a little wandering I'll be able to find everything I need to. I just hope the rain holds off enough so I don't have to do my wandering in a thunderstorm and in the mud!