Today was my last full day in Tororo. Work was pretty boring since everyone was in a SOP review meeting the entire day. I basically sat alone in the office all day and worked a little on the screening log, wrote my report, and played many a card game on my computer. At the end of the day I said goodbye to Roland since he was leaving for Kampala quite early in the morning and I left the office with Linda and Joshua,
Linda and Joshua walked me to a salon in town near the big trash dump pile thing. I waited for a bit and then William came and got me to get my hair done! I got my hair washed and blow dryed and straightened and it was glorious. It did however take way longer than expected. When they washed my hair I was a bit low so my neck hurts a bit, but they massage your scalp so nicely! When I got my hair done I sat in a chair shaped like Santa Claus which was ridiculous and funny. Blow drying was normal, but straightening took forever. You can tell he is used to African hair because he did the tiniest sections ever like he was doing foils. I think it took almost an hour to do the flat ironing! Anyways. After I was done it was nice to have straight hair for the first time since I arrived in Africa just about seven weeks ago. I walked back to the guest house to wait for Emma and maybe start packing a little.
When I was waiting on the porch for Emma Roland came driving up in the GHU car. He told me that Sarah had been talking to James and that he would not be picking me up tomorrow and I was to go with Roland at 6am. Needless to say I was pretty pissed since my pickup has been arranged for almost the entire time I have been in this country. I wouldn't have minded going with Roland so much, but the ten hours notice and the fact that I have literally not said goodbye to a single person here made me fairly furious. I talk to Roland for a bit and basically decided that I couldn't just leave without saying goodbye to anyone and it was worth it to pay for transportation to Kampala. Phidelis called around the same time and told me to meet him in town, so Roland drove me to meet Phidelis.
In town I met Phidelis and Dr. Tom at Blue Mountain Inn. I explained my situation and Phidelis offered to drive me in Tom's car so long as I payed the fuel costs. I talked to Roland and Caesar and got it cleared with then to take Phidelis away from work for the second half of the day and it was all settled. Emma met us there as well and we all hung out and chatted for a bit until eventually they drove me home to pack.
When I got back to the guest house James called me and tried to explain the situation, but I was too angry to care at that point. I think he was getting all chummy because I had called Bruno freaking out a little and he is so different around Bruno (and apparently Mike too) than he is around anyone else. I ran out of airtime in the middle of the fiasco so I couldn't finish my conversation with Bruno, but luckily Internet airtime is different so I sent him an email. I ate chips for dinner which took an hour and a half (I will not miss the speed of service here) and slowly packed since I was in a super bad mood. This is not the farewell I had hoped to have in Tororo. Now I think I am mostly packed and ready to go and I will be leaving tomorrow for good this trip. I know I'm going to loose it tomorrow, but hopefully I can just think that I will be back here to see everyone again someday.
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| Santa chair at the salon! |
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