In Kibale

Nothing too exciting. We arrived on Thursday. The ride was not eventful other than dodging suicidal chickens and black & white colobus monkeys. The camp is pretty quiet. Some people were leaving and I hve a duplex to myslef for now. I thought Joel and Abe were also staying in my duplex but I guess not and it looks like I will be getting a roommate by Wednesday--hope she's cool. Anyway, my neighbor, Kat, is pretty cool. She's working on black & whites looking at some behavioral stuff. She's leaving soon--she's been here since Feb or March.
We have electriciy for now. We had a dead lizard that got into our water tank. That finally got taken care of on Friday. It's unhealthy to have a dead bloated lizard in your water tank. We've been using water from another tank. It's been dry--rained a little but no heavy downpours. This is good for driving--not so good for needing to stay clean.
I'm working on getting settled, when we get back to camp, I'll do a little more organizing and make plans for next week. I'm driving better than I had expected. It's like riding a bike and the new bumps and old bumps are suddenly becoming familiar. We'll see how long the good driving lasts--it won't be fun when it starts pouring. Erimosi and I have been riding around \trying to get signatures from Local Counsel before getting started. This is pretty necessary before doing research.
While out yesterday, we found a new lodge to talk to as well as a women's initiative that makes baskets. We will be talking with them pretty soon. They seem very excited to be talking to me.
Other than that, nothing spectacular going on. The camp will be full by midweek and we will start the actually research, hopefully by the end of the week but definitely by the following Monday. Scott called yesterday. It was really good to hear from him but like every time, I burst into tears after talking. Separation never really gets any easier for me. But the countdown starts and we'll both be busy.
Watched a movie with Kat yesterday--girlie movies are awesome when no boys are around! =)

Anyway, I wish I could share with you something amazing but it's a slow start. We're heading to Bigodi on Tuesday to take care of LC stuff and I get to see my 4-yr old "boyfriend" then. WooHoo! Take care everyone. Miss you.