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Uganda Days 45 & 46: Let the Interviews Begin

Yesterday was a public holiday here. Having a Wednesday off is great because it breaks up the week, yet unfortunate because your brain gets tricked into thinking it's the weekend and then Thursday arrives to sucker-punch you with reality. Still, it's always nice to have a day off. I spent my Wednesday much like I tend to spend my Saturdays and Sundays. I had to do a bit of work in the morning, but it took hardly any time at all and the rest of the day I was free. ...

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Uganda Days 43 & 44: Greek Coffee

I would have written a blog yesterday, but, well, nothing much happened. So I took the night off instead! Seriously, I went to work and came home, made dinner, did some reading and went to bed. All of which felt a little strange at the time, and it took me a while to realize it was because there was no Monday-night Game of Thrones, for the first time since I've been here. Now we all have to wait another ten months. There's a certain torture attached to being a Game of Thrones fan, no? ...

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Uganda Days 37 & 38: On the Joys of Transcription

Yesterday had little in the way of excitement, which is why I opted out of giving it its own blog post. Work was business as usual, sitting in the boardroom, researching and editing and doing all those intern-y things I'm here to do. We did shake things up a bit for lunch instead of going to La Patisserie. Now that the election report launch was over, my supervisor was slightly less busy, enough to be able to go out for lunch again. ...

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