Today I woke up tired and the sleepiness never stopped. All the mini coffees of the day weren’t even going to be able to take care of it. Thus, I’m about to hit the hay and wake up for FRIDAY. It’s probably not good how much I am looking forward to tomorrow being Friday considering that I did not work on Monday. Anywho…a short summary of the day and then it’s time for the hay:
This morning I woke up to a cold sunny day; this was exciting after the rain that hit on my walk home from work. Despite the lovely sun, my body just wanted to stay in bed. I suppose I exhausted myself after a long day of work (wake up at 6:25 and get home at 6:10) and a night walk around the area (when I took the night time pictures of the coliseum). Oh well, it was time for work. Off to my morning 25 minute walk to the metro and then my ride to work.
Work was lots of learning again today, lots and lots of reading. I started to have a hard time staying awake to read so I headed downstairs to the bar with the portfolio review in tow. I was in desperate need for a cappuccino. Thus, no matter the fear that had been instilled in me at the bar the other day, I needed coffee so much that I managed to order by myself without too much confusion. All I know is that Italians are rapid at their coffee serving, and that makes me very happy.
After coffee and completing plenty of reading it had already progressed to lunch time. Today I hadn’t had plans in place for lunch (like I had the previous two days) so I was getting a bit nervous. Lunch by myself, not sure I can navigate that quite yet. Luckily after some prayer, a lady who works in my open area asked if I would care to join her. I was thoroughly delighted and off we went to my first lunch at the cafeteria.
Thank goodness I had someone to go with, because there was no explanation or reason behind the cafeteria. Not what I was expecting. After picking out cold pasta with vegetables and a bowl of fruit we sat down for lunch. My third lunch at IFAD and my third lunch with someone from a different country (yesterday I had lunch with three different people than the first day, all from three different countries). The lady I had lunch with today is from France. She actually doesn’t speak much English, so the fact that she still invited me to lunch was quite nice.
After lunch it was back to reading. I read up on Ethiopia and then went to the Ethiopia portfolio meeting (yesterday was the Madagascar meeting). Ethiopia was much different than my experience yesterday with Madagascar. It is all so interesting, all so different, and all so confusing. These people know their stuff.
After the meeting, more reading, and then HOME!! I was so happy to return, rest, cook dinner, and get ready for bed. Tomorrow is Friday, but it has the potential of being a crazy day…because I am supposed to have a talk with one of the people who in charge of me. I feel like some actual work might be coming my way. I look forward to this, but at the same time it is intimidating. They had me do something yesterday, and they say it so fast and expect me to get it all the first time. Hopefully I will prevail!
CIAO!
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