6) Updates from Inside the Acronym Maze

My workdays are currently in a seemingly endless loop, from early in the morning until late at night, with few breaks and even these are filled with emails, videoconferences, bills, documents, texts, texts, and more texts. But also some exciting abbreviations. Since an administration has its very own language, its own vocabulary. “MdB” for example doesn’t mean “Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestags” (member of the German parliament) like it previously has in my experience, but rather “Bitte um Beratung” or a request for advice. “PSTin” – that’s probably me. So whenever I see that written, I know there’s work for me coming. And I’m only authorized to sign in “LILA” (purple), and no, “LILA” doesn’t mean “let it lie” here, for me it now means “don’t dawdle, other people are waiting on your answer, your judgment, your opinion…” I sometimes feel overwhelmed, somewhat done in, but also fulfilled by the work. And purple is of course a beautiful color. A feminist color.