I earned my "IT Babe" t-shirt this week, let me tell 'ya. I think I have finally gotten the computer going again, with an incredible amount of help from my remote computer geeks ... they're all married men, so I don't think they would appreciate the "IT Babe" label.
I learned a ton, though it's all knowledge which I hope I will not have to make use of any time in the near future! I felt like I ran a marathon yesterday - I was in the computer container from 9am (the time we turn on the generator) until after 6pm. I didn't even leave to eat lunch - I just ran out to go to the loo and grab a plate of food, which I ate whilst mucking around on the computer! It's probably not good practice to eat in front of a computer (and I have a salad dressing stain on the front of my t-shirt to prove it!), but it was when my guides were available, so that's when I worked. Too bad there was a huge pot of fish head stew for lunch - ew. I ended up with a plate full of matooke (plantains) and tomato salad. It didn't quite keep me going for the long haul, so I also had a Nature Valley peanut butter granola bar for a snack - thanks to leftovers from the work crew that was here last week from the US!
Finally, this afternoon, I think I got the computer all back together again. Tomorrow we shall move it back into the office where it belongs and see if it actually DOES work like it's supposed to! Once that's done, I'm taking off my IT Babe t-shirt (don't worry, I wear many other t-shirts underneath!) and revealing my "multilingual education specialist" t-shirt.
Jackie and I were called to a bit of a surprise meeting at the Ministry of Education yesterday. I was up to my elbows in the guts of computer, so I couldn't go - but Jackie went, and now we've got a bit of of work to do! Pray for us tomorrow as we sit together and try to come up with a plan for how to move forward in a good way with some of the things that some people in the Ministry want to do... though others in the Ministry don't want to do those things... so we've got to tread carefully and figure out the best way to approach this situation!
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I love to read someone saying "ew" about a food they don't actually like. There can be pressure sometimes to pretend we like everything about a culture but, realistically, people are people. People everywhere have things they don't like to eat - why should expat workers be any different? Just offer blue cheese to an Ndebele (or Rob!), you may see what I mean.
Maybe the disciples brought Jesus fish head stew when he was chatting with the Samaritan woman at the well. I'll have to keep that one for future use myself; "Uh… no thanks… I have food you don't know about." :)
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