Sarah: Thankful

Thank you all for reading our blog! Kels and I are so

thankful that people are interested in our blog

and want to read about our everyday, 

sometimes adventurous

lives. You all

rock.

Sarah: No Longer

I have been feeling so inspired lately. Inspired to create, write, go outdoors, sew, the list goes on. But I mostly feel inspired to be a better me. I think it's because of the move to San Diego.

I'm no longer forced to live within the limitations and boundaries I put on myself or that I thought others put on me. I know that I could have realized this at any point back Elgin, but it took for me to move across the country to change my thought process and realize the potential here.

I used to allow my own fears and insecurities stop me from doing things I love. Fears like, what if I fail at it? What if, after I fail, I can't stand to even think about the thing I tried to do? What if I disappoint myself and the people I love? What if I don't ever get to be as good as I want to be? All of these what-ifs have piled on top of me and they've caused me to stall on life. They've caused me to stall on my dreams.

No longer. I'm not going to live within the imaginary, crippling limitations I've set for myself. I'm going to aim higher. I'm going to want things, really want them. And then work my butt off to get them. For the first time in my life, I am allowing myself to believe in me. It feels freeing.

This photographer, Tara Whitney, really inspires me. Her style of photography is precisely what I hope to achieve one day. And she doesn't sugar coat her life. I respect and admire her as a fellow human being. I came across this image from her blog, and it spoke to me. Maybe it'll help you in some way.

Image taken from here

Sarah: Boat Series

When Frank and I went to visit Kels in Jinja, we were super touristy. We got up before the sun to make it to Jinja early enough to fit it all in. We arrived at the source of the Nile before anyone else. As in, we were the first ones there. It was nice to be able to walk around without a bunch of annoying tourists around. We didn't take a boat ride because they wanted to charge us WAY too much to do it. Oh, you should also know that going to the source is a t o t a l ripoff. Do you know how much they charged Francis (a Ugandan) to get in? 2000 shillings. Would you like to know how much they charged me (the foreigner, aka the white girl)? 10,000 shillings. It was literally 5 times for me to get in than Francis. We tried to argue that I am Ugandan by marriage, but the guy was not buying it.

We missed breakfast because we got up so early, so we stopped the Garden Hotel to grab a bite to eat.

DO NOT EVER EAT BREAKFAST THERE. EVER.

It was awful. First of all, the food was not good. Secondly, it was too expensive for the product being served. Thirdly (is thirdly a word?), the menu spelled maybe 4 words right. Sauce was spelled "souce". You can tell a lot about a restaurant by their menu.

After that we met up with Kels, went to Bujagali Falls (which is beautiful - if you ever visit Kels, make her take you there), had lunch at the Black Lantern, went swimming, I met Deno's family, and then we had fanta and went home. It was a loooong, but super fun day. It was great to see where Kels is living and to finally meet all of the people she blogs about. I told her she needs to do a more detailed tour blog post of the house/area where she's living. It's not anything like I thought it was!

Here is a photo series of boats that were just sitting in the water at the source of the Nile:

Sarah is Currently Enjoying...

For those of you dear readers who appreciate gazing upon exceedingly handsome and dapper men, I beg you to look at this website.

My Daguerreotype Boyfriend

I have squandered the better part of an hour giggling and admiring this website. I hope you like it too.

p.s. This post made me giggle especially hard.