Why is it that four-day weeks always feel longer than five-day weeks?
Seriously. This week felt crazy long.
But it was a productive week, so that's a fair trade, right?
Yes, I am very pleased to announce that the last six groups of Hakha Chin have been published, which means the entire language is done, and I never have to see those files again! (Until edition 5.) It's been a long haul, but I know the files look good and will be used to bring more people to Jesus in Myanmar and wherever Chin people reside.
Finishing that allowed me to start a brand new language: Mongolian! This is quite an interesting language. It's all Cyrillic, so you'd think it was Russian at first glance. But it's curvier than Russian. And longer.
So much longer.
I think this might vie for the record, actually. I didn't think it was possible after Tagalog. But I'll know more after I get through them. Which is impossible right now, because the other thing I'm good at is finding weird problems that have no visible solution. Such as an entire design element disappearing without warning and no rhyme or reason known. So I'm taking the opportunity to update you lovely people while I wait to find out what I/the program did and how to resolve it.
My other project for this week has been cleaning out my desk. No, I'm not leaving or moving. But my desk was beginning to look like an archeological expedition. So I took some time to make it a little nicer. It's totally a coincidence that I'm doing it right before the Board comes for meetings. (It actually is. Lord knows it's not in my nature to make nice for authority. Seriously. We've had extensive talks about it.)
We heard from the interns in chapel this week. We have five with us this summer. None in ECC, but I do see them every now and then on my rambles. Speaking of:
This was the BUS today. Have I talked about the BUS yet? It's a fairly recent thing. A few of us noticed that we were sitting a bit too long at our desks without some kind of physical activity. So we take it upon ourselves to go for a walk twice a day. Sometimes through the building. Sometimes we do a lap outside. Sometimes the BUS is me and I am the BUS. Sometimes it's eight people. You never know. But it's a good thing. We see people we don't normally see, we get a little exercise in, and we foster inter-departmental cooperation. Or something.
Here's another fun tidbit.
So for months now, I've been getting stuff like this in the office mail. And you're thinking, sure, why not? She's team leader now. Except I've only ever made that announcement internally and to you guys. It's not on LinkedIn. It's not on the website. I don't know how else stuff like this gets out. But someone, somewhere, knows my job description changed. Except they don't really. Because for whatever reason, they think I'm in HR. Or Marketing. I get a ton of this. And it's not going to everyone like a blanket mailing. No. This is just for me. Training Specialist. (Not my title.)
Also, if you look closely at that photo, there is a small spoiler for a future something coming to T&M. So you can chew on that for a bit.
I think that's it for me. I'm gonna go enjoy my new water heater (oh yeah, it sprang a leak last weekend when I wasn't here - downstairs is TRASHED) and sleep for a bajillion years.
Peace.
Seriously. This week felt crazy long.
But it was a productive week, so that's a fair trade, right?
Yes, I am very pleased to announce that the last six groups of Hakha Chin have been published, which means the entire language is done, and I never have to see those files again! (Until edition 5.) It's been a long haul, but I know the files look good and will be used to bring more people to Jesus in Myanmar and wherever Chin people reside.
Finishing that allowed me to start a brand new language: Mongolian! This is quite an interesting language. It's all Cyrillic, so you'd think it was Russian at first glance. But it's curvier than Russian. And longer.
So much longer.
I think this might vie for the record, actually. I didn't think it was possible after Tagalog. But I'll know more after I get through them. Which is impossible right now, because the other thing I'm good at is finding weird problems that have no visible solution. Such as an entire design element disappearing without warning and no rhyme or reason known. So I'm taking the opportunity to update you lovely people while I wait to find out what I/the program did and how to resolve it.
My other project for this week has been cleaning out my desk. No, I'm not leaving or moving. But my desk was beginning to look like an archeological expedition. So I took some time to make it a little nicer. It's totally a coincidence that I'm doing it right before the Board comes for meetings. (It actually is. Lord knows it's not in my nature to make nice for authority. Seriously. We've had extensive talks about it.)
We heard from the interns in chapel this week. We have five with us this summer. None in ECC, but I do see them every now and then on my rambles. Speaking of:
This was the BUS today. Have I talked about the BUS yet? It's a fairly recent thing. A few of us noticed that we were sitting a bit too long at our desks without some kind of physical activity. So we take it upon ourselves to go for a walk twice a day. Sometimes through the building. Sometimes we do a lap outside. Sometimes the BUS is me and I am the BUS. Sometimes it's eight people. You never know. But it's a good thing. We see people we don't normally see, we get a little exercise in, and we foster inter-departmental cooperation. Or something.
Here's another fun tidbit.
So for months now, I've been getting stuff like this in the office mail. And you're thinking, sure, why not? She's team leader now. Except I've only ever made that announcement internally and to you guys. It's not on LinkedIn. It's not on the website. I don't know how else stuff like this gets out. But someone, somewhere, knows my job description changed. Except they don't really. Because for whatever reason, they think I'm in HR. Or Marketing. I get a ton of this. And it's not going to everyone like a blanket mailing. No. This is just for me. Training Specialist. (Not my title.)
Also, if you look closely at that photo, there is a small spoiler for a future something coming to T&M. So you can chew on that for a bit.
I think that's it for me. I'm gonna go enjoy my new water heater (oh yeah, it sprang a leak last weekend when I wasn't here - downstairs is TRASHED) and sleep for a bajillion years.
Peace.
No comments:
Post a Comment