Yes, that's right. City power is still on. I'm getting a little too used to this, I think! But it's quite strange in that my routine has been so dictated by the generator over the last several months. The generator tells me when to go to work, when to go eat lunch, when to stop work, when to go to bed... it's like having a built in alarm clock for nearly every activity. Each "block" of time in my day was dictated by whether or not the generator is on.
And now... I'm free to do whatever I want. I don't have to make sure my phones and my lamp and my computer are all charging while the generator is on. I don't have to make sure to have my headlamp at the ready when 10:30 rolls around. It's just such a freeing feeling, and we're all sort of getting used to it again. The pessimist in me says that as soon as we DO get used to it, the electricity will leave us again. But the optimist in me thinks, maybe, just maybe, it will stay on this time. Maybe.
It is funny what I get used to and how my "routine" can be so easily interrupted by a seemingly simple thing as electricity! I really do appreciate having a fridge that stays cool now, and ice cubes that are always frozen in my freezer. And I especially appreciate being able to sleep with a fan on at night. It's so refreshing waking up in the morning not having sweated all night! Ah, yes, life is really good with electricity!
It did go off for about 30 minutes today, and I thought that was the end. Last June, when the power went off, we didn't have any idea that it would go off... and not come back for another 6 months. So each moment of electricity that we have now, I see as a real "bonus"!
Anyways, enough about my electricity! Even though we happily had electricity today, I spent a bit of today whining about petty little things. I feel bad about that. There are so many amazing things happening here, and I have so many amazing people to work with and an incredible job to do each day... and yet I sat and whinged about generally minor details today. I think the pile of work that's sitting on my computer was getting to me - at one point today, I had 14 separate Word documents and 3 Powerpoint presentations open on my computer!
I was just jumping from so many different things ... but I did manage to finish at least one of those power points today! And we had a good meeting at the Ministry of Ed to discuss it, which was great. We've had a really great team of people to work with on this big project with the Ministry, and today we just had a great meeting - 1 hour and we were done, because we've all discussed so many things at great length, and we all know what page everyone is on and we're all in agreement on everything. It's really been a great group of people to work with! Plus, the folks in the gov't who we're working with are Christians, and we've been able to pray for our work together, and today gave thanks for what the Lord has helped us accomplish. What a real blessing that is!
It's nearing 10 pm, and even though I don't have my generator telling me it's almost time for bed, my drooping eyelids are definitely telling me that it's a good time to go have my second shower of the day and curl up in front of my fan...
Tomorrow will be an exciting day of meetings with a bunch of different organizations and NGOs who are working in the education sector. It's always good to hear of what others are doing, get some ideas and perhaps get on my mother tongue soap box again :)
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