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No pictures today, sadly. Just some updates for you.

First of all, I am happy to let you know that I caught myself a lizard last night. I saw him running around my bedroom floor while I was watching Game of Thrones. He appeared and disappeared a few more times, but I finally got him. Turns out the trick is to use a tupperware container, not a glass—which is obvious, ...

I'm going to be honest with you, today has not been a very good day. It started earlier than Mondays usually do. Aliana and I were tagging along with one of the lawyers in the legal division to go to court, something I'd really been looking forward to. We were going just to watch, not because we had any involvement with the case (or the legal division for that matter). ...

Today began like most of my days off work, with a trip down to La Patisserie. You know the drill: coffee, pastry, reading. When I left I only had one chapter left of my book. (Spoiler alert: I finished it this evening, just before sitting down to write this. On to the next one!)

Since shortly after I arrived, I've been wanting to go to this crêpe place in Kololo (the swanky part of town) called Holy Crêpe. ...

People, there are actual pictures in this post. Only from the very end of the day, because honestly I forgot until then, but at least it's an improvement.

Today is Martyrs' Day in Uganda, which means I had the day off of work. Aliana had other plans so I was flying solo. After sleeping in longer than I probably had any right to, I did a couple of chores around the house, like boiling a pot of water to fill some empty bottles—very exciting stuff—then went to find some breakfast. ...