My office

I just completed my first day of work.  I met many friendly and helpful staff members and had the opportunity to say “good morning,” “good afternoon,” “how are you” and “I’m fine” (mwaramutse, mwirire, amakuru & ni meza) in Kinyarwanda scores of time.  Here is a photo of the office that I share with two other staff members. My desk is the one on the left near the window. It is on the second floor of a four story building. The other two photos are of the view from my office window. The construction in the last photo is for a large new wing for the institute.  It will be attached to the building I am in.  My desk computer has a sticker that reads “US AID From the American people.”  So I thank you very much for my desktop computer. I dressed up today in a pant suit and spiffy shoes only to find out when I got to work that it was casual Friday.