“NO WAY!
NO FREAKING WAY!!
WHAT!! There is just NO WAY
OH MY GOSH… THAT DIDN”T JUST HAPPEN!
Yet, it did
I ….I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE THAT JUST HAPPENED!”
I opened the door and was face to face with my teammate who
immediately knew what must have happened and responded in her own disbelief.
For a few minutes we stood there not able to stop the combination of grinning
and giggling. We reassured and confirmation that the event did in fact just happen.
Our reactions were that which follow perfect life examples of tragic comedies. Times when you are still
processing something that seems too unlikely to have just happened, yet
certainly did. Moments when you know Murphy and his law (“anything that can go wrong will go wrong”) are laughing.
“God, did that just happen!”
“Yep! sure did, how are you going to react?”
“I have no idea! At the moment it is comical that this
actually happened. In the long run I am going to be pretty sad not to have it”
“”Sad not to have it”” that is understandable. Do you
believe I will give you other ways to praise me”
“I know, but still….That is my favorite time with you and
now it is a pile of crap”
“fact my daughter. fact. I guess I get to grow you in praise
and worship, don’t I? “
“Alright! but it doesn’t mean I will not go back to it”
“I never said you wouldn’t go back to it! I did not cause this, but I will use
it to grow you if you let me”
“FINE!”
“I love you, I’m proud of you!”
“Yeah Yeah, I know! And I love you too”
In case you were ever wondering what sort of conversation I
would have with God after my Ipod fell into the squatty potty, that is it. The
odds of it happening were slim considering the hole is about the size of a
brick, but it did. After days of the team cracking jokes over having to “perfect our aim” and
“gain control” I learned the hole was certainly large enough that a full
sized Ipod could drop square down with plenty of room on each side. It
is a sad loss. One that I can’t help but laugh over when I think of the
story and all the fun ways I can describe the current situation of my music. After it happened it took me some time and reaching a point of desperation before I was able to use the bathroom and knowingly pee on my Ipod. Now it is simply a constant part of life in Uganda.
FACT: Myself and my entire team has now peed and
pooped on
my Ipod which is now a pile of crap.
The Irony: As my Ipod flew 20+ feet to the bottom of the hole the song Fly by David Helser was playing 🙂
