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Staying behind pays off...
Oct. 17th, 2006 11:04 pmMy shift today started after lunch, and one of the first things I did - after translating some incoming correspondence - was to visit the medical office about my sniffles. The duty medic was our campaign doctor, one Dr. Gagarin, who works for International SOS.
Gagarin looks a little bit like a young Yul Brynner, and I like his style. He treats you like an intelligent adult when he speaks to you and we established that I was not running a fever, had a slight sore throat, a BP of 120/80, and various other findings. When I came back from the visit, Viktor told me that things were slow around the office, and that I should go back to the hotel and rest, which I did.
The bus for tonight's launch of a Soyuz carrying a meterological satellite left at 8:30 pm, and I stayed back, figuring (a) that I should continue to rest and (b) given the fact that it's been raining pretty steadily today and that the skies are cloudy, it really wasn't going to be worth the trip to watch a rocket for about 10 seconds before it penetrated the clouds and disappeared from view.
My decision was actually better than that, as Adam W., a member of the prop team who had also stayed behind and who had joined me at the entrance to the Fili to watch the launch from a distance, hit the Internet to find out that the launch had been cancelled, details to follow, etc.
A client whom I have not heard from in ages got in touch with me via ProZ.com (which is, I think, the second or third time someone's used that avenue to get hold of me... I should keep my membership current, I think) and has the ideal job for my circumstances: a bunch of editable text with no specific deadline. I've downloaded the requisite files and will look at them tomorrow, as I plan to get a good night's sleep.
I am the morning interpreter tomorrow, and then spacecraft propellant loading begins on Thursday, continuing on Saturday, with Friday devoted to switching all the equipment around. I am one of the two interpreters assigned to support prop load, and I'll be fulfilling the role of on-call interpreter on Friday.
The bus from the Soyuz launch site will be back in about half an hour. I plan to be sound asleep by then.
Cheers...
Gagarin looks a little bit like a young Yul Brynner, and I like his style. He treats you like an intelligent adult when he speaks to you and we established that I was not running a fever, had a slight sore throat, a BP of 120/80, and various other findings. When I came back from the visit, Viktor told me that things were slow around the office, and that I should go back to the hotel and rest, which I did.
The bus for tonight's launch of a Soyuz carrying a meterological satellite left at 8:30 pm, and I stayed back, figuring (a) that I should continue to rest and (b) given the fact that it's been raining pretty steadily today and that the skies are cloudy, it really wasn't going to be worth the trip to watch a rocket for about 10 seconds before it penetrated the clouds and disappeared from view.
My decision was actually better than that, as Adam W., a member of the prop team who had also stayed behind and who had joined me at the entrance to the Fili to watch the launch from a distance, hit the Internet to find out that the launch had been cancelled, details to follow, etc.
A client whom I have not heard from in ages got in touch with me via ProZ.com (which is, I think, the second or third time someone's used that avenue to get hold of me... I should keep my membership current, I think) and has the ideal job for my circumstances: a bunch of editable text with no specific deadline. I've downloaded the requisite files and will look at them tomorrow, as I plan to get a good night's sleep.
I am the morning interpreter tomorrow, and then spacecraft propellant loading begins on Thursday, continuing on Saturday, with Friday devoted to switching all the equipment around. I am one of the two interpreters assigned to support prop load, and I'll be fulfilling the role of on-call interpreter on Friday.
The bus from the Soyuz launch site will be back in about half an hour. I plan to be sound asleep by then.
Cheers...
