I just completed a flurry of tasks, because I want to spend 22 minutes sitting on the couch in my pajamas drinking some rye and watching comedy before I go to bed even if I will regret it in the morning when my alarm goes off at 5:50.

I'm getting a new teammate tomorrow. I'm supposed to train and mentor her. Have I prepared? No. Have I had time to prepare? Not really.

How do you be a good mentor?

It's Easter?

Sheesh. I live in the land of the clueless.

ME TOO. She's my grandmother, who died 38 years ago and still won't shut up.

42 for me and still true.

I watched a few minutes of a Burning Man documentary, and everything in me went, "NOPE NOPE NOPE."

Folks dear to me go every year. And, much like the generic 'they' who've always thought that my walking across the country and hanging out with the Rainbow Family meant I must be a Dead Head, I have a wholly unearned reputation for being a Burner.

Never in a kabillion years. Not ever. Honestly, just now I tried to think of an 'only if' proposition but, nope, there is nothing that would compel me to go.

I love looking at my friends' photos but, even in my most durable years, I could not imagine being a) that cool or b) that hot (and wheezy).

How do you be a good mentor?

Coach the new person in all the undocumented/unspoken tricks and quirks for Getting Shit Done at Your Co. That's what I did when I had to mentor people. Think of it like giving them clickbait: "This one AMAZING trick will help you get useful information out of the daily stand-up meetings!" and stuff like that.

How do you be a good mentor?

Try to remember most of the stuff that made you think, "The fuck? And you were planning to tell me this when?" and rattle it off to your mentee like it's old hat.

Thanks for asking, Steph. He's still critical, although they are still technically in "fighting stage." (Not a technical term, I realize) so, recovery is unlikely but death is not imminent. Something could happen at any time of course, but for now we're hanging in. My brother in law and my mom have both come down with colds, likely contracted while at the hospital under stress without sleeping or eating. My swine flu immunity seems to be holding up so far, yay swine flu.

So the upshot is, I've shifted to taking longer shifts at the hospital vigil, to make sure she rests and recovers. But don't worry, 'ffistas, I'm practicing self care! I went out for a long lunch at some weird farm to table buffet place, went to Ulta, and the outlet mall, all yesterday during a break.

{{{Liese}}}

Hang in there, Liese. That must be really hard.

Liese, Holler if you need local assistance in any way or company that is non-familial.

Eta: holler NOT Hillary. Is our autocorrect election triggered?

How many times has he done "They call me--Tim!"

Less often than you might think.

Will do, msbelle. I may very well take you up on that.