Despite the weather in Uganda being much warmer than here in England, the dress code is a lot more modest. I already have one or two maxi dresses but somehow, I'm not sure they will last me a whole 9 months! I therefore needed to stock up on some Uganda-appropriate clothes!
So last week, myself and Mumma Sal went on a little shopping trip! First stop, Go Outdoors to find some 'practical' shoes for me to take out there. Now my friends heard about this, and have been desperate for me to show them a photo of my very 'practical' shoes, so here you go...
To be honest, I'm not going to Uganda to take part in Kampala Fashion Week, and so I don't really care what I'm going to look like! Comfort takes precedence over style 100% (or 110% as my Dad would say;))
I also bought this very cute maxi dress which was in the sale, bonus!
It has an elephant pattern along the bottom which I thought was very appropriate for my African adventure! Maxi dresses are ideal because they are respectful but also cool!
I've never been very interested in fashion so I think I'll stop trying to write about clothes before I embarrass myself... haha!
Thank you for all your support :)
Love Grace xxxx
Of course this blog is meant to be all about my gap year, but last Thursday it was results day!! The day that determined my path after I come home from Uganda. Will I get AAA? CCC? UUU? Will I get into UEA? Portsmouth? Or fall headfirst into the dreaded clearing process?
On Thursday I only got 3 hours sleep and sat refreshing the UCAS page every minute from 5.30am, and I have no doubt that I was joined by thousands of 18-year-olds across the country.
Then finally at 7:30am, this lovely little message popped up onto my screen...
I just burst into tears! Mum was jumping round the house, Dad was cheering, I was just SO relieved! We then went down the school to collect my results, I was offered a place at UEA if I got ABB but I got BBB and they still accepted me! (may have been because I name dropped David Cameron in my personal statement). Anyway here's a cute little photo of me and my pals all feeling very proud of ourselves and eachother:
I can now go to Uganda with the peace of mind that I have got into my favourite uni, and that I will be doing a course I am passionate about. Thank you for all your support and prayers xxxx
Hello! I thought I would start a blog about my upcoming gap year in Uganda with the charity Smile International!
So I've had a countdown on my phone for a good few months now and today it reads 48 days! It feels like only yesterday I was excited because it said 100!!
For one week in September I will be in Kent for my gap year training, here I will meet my four other team members which is very exciting! It's weird that I've never met these people before and I'll be living with them for the next nine months, but I suppose that's what it's like moving into uni accomodation!
Then on 1st October we will be flying out to Uganda! We will be living in the Smile House just outside Kampala :) Hopefully I will be able to update this blog with stories and photos of what we've been doing.
Thank you so much for all your incredible support. We are nearly there with the fundraising and I am so grateful and humbled by people's generosity.
Love Grace xxxx
