a bump in the road

one of many to come, i imagne. it has put things on hold for a few days, but that's fine and i have the time right now.

so the story is i woke up this morning about 4am with massive stomach pains. i won't give you the details of it all (because nothing really happened, i just laid there in pain), but it's been an all day thing and has kind of wiped me out. so shan and i discussed it this evening. we both agree that if in a day or two things don't clear up, i'll go to the doctor, but for now no solid food as that seems to only irritate it. just doing the juice and water thing, but that seems to irritate it too.

we both think i might have gotten some non-filtered water yesterday, which probably gave me some type of bacteria infection in my stomach or intestine. no biggie, i'll be fine.

plan #834 with this "research" is that if i am not feeling better by tomorrow night, i will extend my stay here in arusha 'til at least past the weekend to make sure everything is cleared up before taking off for kigali/ goma. shannon would like to see me stay here for my entire stay and just work from the Tribunal and while i appreciate the offer, i can use some info from there, but i still at least want to get to Kigali and discuss things here with people. Goma is still very much where i want to touch base with people and i will know more when i get to Kigali.

so... until i get things cleared up internally--- at least a little--- i will stay put and try and work from here. i am sure this is just a slight "bump in the road" and things will be kicking back into action in a few days. no worries. more later, i am sure...

***family members are not allowed to read this and worry. i am totally fine and i always get sick when i first arrive back in africa... and we all know this. this is just an update, that's all. at this point, i think it would be a bad omen if i DIDN'T get sick right off the bat. plus, i am with shan, chile and ula---- and am in great hands. so no worries.***