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It's kind of hard to believe that my flight home is exactly five weeks from today. Well, to be fair, it's at 3 in the morning on a Tuesday, so by this time in five weeks I'll be well on my way. In a way, my time here so far feels like a bit of a blur, and it's crazy to think I've got five weeks left. But five weeks also feels like a very long time. ...

In which I visit the Faculty of Law at Makere University and experience an emotionally charged male ensemble deliver a heartfelt rendition of "Careless Whisper".

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. ...

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? ...

This is going to be a short one, folks. After my strange and spontaneous Friday night, the rest of the weekend hasn't given me much to talk about. It's just been my usual, sitting around, reading, working on photos, drinking coffee. I don't even think there's enough to bother with headings for each day! ...