Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day from all of us here!

Uganda celebrates its independence on October 9 so today is just a regular day here like any other. All the banks are open. People go about their normal business.

As expats, however, we make time to remember the holiday! In the past we’ve gotten together with other expats for food, fun, and fellowship. Today, however, we had a much needed quiet day with our family. We still had food and fun, but the third “f” was family. I’d brought some red, white, and blue M&Ms from the US with us and some Reese’s wrapped in red, white, and blue foil. One of the local groceries had 2 liter bottles of Dr. Pepper! We usually can’t find that here so we bought some and enjoyed it today. (Not all of it…gotta save some for another special occasion!)

To wrap it all up (after a phone call to my father-in-law who celebrates his birthday today!) I got out red, white, and blue glow-stick bracelets for the kids.

Our fireworks tonight was in the form of a rain shower with some lightning and thunder thrown in. We need the rain! We’ll have to wait for New Year’s Eve for real fireworks that we can watch from our front porch.