- of marmalade [tinned, from Kenya]
- of blue band margarine [tubs]
- of saliva as the bread is so dry!
- of soap on baby unit: “oh, we are using Omo doctor!”
- of time: we will leave Kisiizi for Kampala next Tuesday [we fly to UK leaving Entebbe at 5am on Friday, travelling via Nairobi to Amsterdam where we will have a couple of hours to see some of our Dutch family before going on to Manchester ] and trying to fit in seeing everyone, appointments for lunch, supper is proving challenging…
- of money: so many staff approaching us with tales of running out of funds for school fees, university fees, etc, we need wisdom and compassion in how to respond
- of the door: Sheikh Inwiv-lafter [see a previous very silly blog called “draft manuscript for a comedy drama…”!] re-appeared when Ian rushed out the door with a camera to try and film the crested cranes flying over. We hear them call but there usually isn’t enough time to gather a camera, glasses etc and get in position before they are past, and the “Mr Bean revisited” episode causes much mirth from the Dutch representative in the household
- of excuses!: Hanna promised she wasn’t working today, so not in uniform but “would just cover maternity whilst Ian led a paediatric department meeting (including the SCBU),…” finally home at 7.15pm [visitors due for evening meal at 7.30pm – yes she did manage to bake a pudding] and now [11.30pm] not back from “just checking an induction patient”…
- of superlatives: to describe the heavens at night when the sky is clear… there is currently a very bright planet to the north east, either Venus or Jupiter I think [if someone reading this has one of those sophisticated google star map programmes and can tell us it would be interesting!
- of stories: I have the privilege of having been asked to be Guest of Honour at the School of Nursing tomorrow, but unfortunately that means having to prepare a speech [maybe 15 minutes] and I have told most of my stories in the 10 weeks we have been here!
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