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Polly-anna

I've just been given the new nickname of "Polly" at work.
Come it to think of it, that's really ironic because through high school, one of my nicknames was Pol, but for a complete different reason!

I'm about to digress so buckle in, and hope you make it out the other side of this little detour to find out why I'm being called Polly at the moment.

*** Here starteth the digression***

There once was a group of four girls who were obsessed with David Eddings. They spent their lunchtimes discussing the characters, their free time checking bookstores for the latest releases and their weekends creating secret picture alphabets using diagrammatic representations of characters or event in the book. For example, M was Mandorallen the Knight and was a little helmet and plume. One day, they decided to give each other names from the books, to match their different personalities and according to whether it was from the Belgariad & Mallorean or Elenium & Tamuli series. One was Liselle (Velvet) / Ehlana, another was Adara / Aphrael, another was Cyradis / Flute and the last was Polgara / Sephrenia (both powerful sorceresses, if you're interested!)

If you haven't already guessed, I was Polgara aka Pol

*** Here endeth the digression ***

Well, I've spent the last month of my project chasing my tail when it come to getting a new piece of software released. Every step forward means we also take two steps back and occasionally a step into a completely different direction all together. Everyone around me is tearing their hair out and I am getting frustrated too. In the committee meeting this morning, I was firm with my requirements and was actually starting to feel quite bad and questioning whether or not being frustrated and openly speaking out against the actions of others was a godly response. In any case, after the meeting, a number of colleagues came up to me and expressed surprise and congratulation that I could stay so calm and positive amidst all the drama and turmoil. It seems that even in difficult circumstances, God can use us to witness for Him and really help us to stand out as humans and as Christians. It actually opened up some discussion as to "how I could possibly cope so well with it" and so that's a praise point and a prayer point - my ongoing witness at work!

And hence, I have now been dubbed - "Polly" - the one who's always positive!