This week has been a little rough, to be honest. There is just a lot going on and there is never a time when there is not at least one person or group that wants something from the lab. It is just the product of being part of a fairly large project in a place where research is well sought after. This vaccine trial that we are trying to get under way is a ferocious amount or paper work and form engineering. There is a report due here, a draft revision there, or the favorite 'hey give this a glance and tell me what you think' on a forty page document. Those always result in a, 'looks good', just don't put my name on it.
I am lucky that I get to work with someone that despite the most abject chaos I can communicate effectively with. I think that things are beginning to work as they should. The repository is an infamous problem area but, I know that there is a solution, it is just hiding better than we are able to look at the moment.
The weekend is nearly here though and with it I think may come a few glimpses of African wildlife though there is a chance that it will have to wait until we head down to Livingstone.
I have had the flat to myself the past couple of weeks as my room mate has been in Atlanta at a conference and now she is house sitting for someone here in Lusaka. It's pretty great having free reign, I won't go into the specifics but, you will just have to take my word that it is something that will be missed when Jacqee returns next week. Speaking of, I think that we are due to get a couple new interns here very soon. A fella named John Tucker is claiming the third bedroom in my flat four and there is another CVCT intern hopping on in flat one.
It will be a blow to lose my very own shower and bathroom but, at least I get to share it with another dude so I will not lose my bar of soap among the countless tubes and bottles.
After reading Katy's blog I don't think that I could be more excited about coming back for Christmas. There are so many things that are going on back home that connect me to such fond memories. I know that I will get to make some terrific new ones here but dang, I sure would be ok with standing for four hours at mid day screaming AAAAAA until I lost my voice and never ever spelling TEAM.
I hope that you all are enjoying the joys of Texas Autumn for me. Happy Friday, hope that you are off to a splendid weekend!
All is well
Another part of the Corporate Inertia (I was tryig to describe on your previous post) is the infamous "give it a glance" or as I call it the 'dump and run'; "Here is something that I should have responded to a week ago, I need you to make me look good. Get it back on my desk in the morning, I'm going to go play golf....."
ReplyDeleteI hope you have resisted squeezing any of the various tubes of goo...the most important ones will split with the slighest touch, I think they are designed to detect male DNA and erupt their foul smelling (FOWL smelling?) goo that Lava soap cannot wash off and saturate you skin with an aroma that pure skunk juice cannot hide.
I hope you see a hippo and lions and elephants on your excursion.
love you a bunch
pappy
Elephants, hippos, and lions....oh my! Oh well, whatever you do, Sweetheart...have fun!!! :) Hope you have an uneventful Saturday that passes quickly and smoothly, and opportunities to worship, fellowship, explore, rest, and PLAY over your weekend. Love you, Sugar!! Lady
ReplyDeleteHappiness is never having to spell TEAM.
ReplyDeleteIn my day, that was one weak yell. More like a mumble.
We did it a lot.
Keep on keepin on.
Love
Uncle Bill
You can't know how excited I am about you being home for Christmas! I wish you could be here for black Friday so we could go shopping on a trip to the woodlands blasting chevelle. Such good times. But, we will definately do many fun things in December. I. Can't. Wait.
ReplyDeleteHave a great Saturday. I'm working too... Been here since 6:15z
Whew...crazy stuff, yo. Crazy stuff. But, to be completely honest, it sounds like you are doing a stellar job juggling everything and keeping that boat afloat.
ReplyDeleteI think it's hilarious that your new flatmate's name is John Tucker...reminds of that movie that came out a few years back, something about "John Tucker Must Die." Never saw it, but I heard it was funny.
I hope you maybe get to take a peak at the critters tomorrow or something. But hey, today is soccer day!! So grood. Happy Sunday :)