Oh, I have mentoring advice! Remember to think about the early-stage stuff that you just do naturally now. My coworker who is a new supervisor just had someone give notice, and I started talking about what to do before I remembered to back up and tell her they need to establish her last day and have her submit a formal letter of resignation before we start with the HR forms.

I believe the undue burden is not the effort required, but the fact that despite their clear intention to deny birth control coverage, there is still a way for their employees to get it. The psychological burden of knowing that some of their employees might be having non-procreative sex is just unbearable.

DingDingDing! We live in an Onion story.

Suzi, that must mean you get to keep it. How can you return it if you never picked it up?

Ooh, my mother had an interesting reaction to that case -- she's offended as a Catholic (former Catholic) that the Little Sisters of the Poor are spending their money on this case!

I finished writing performance reviews. Huzzah.

Remember to think about the early-stage stuff that you just do naturally now.

Yeah, good one. I have tried to be more cognizant of this and in general remember to ask, "Was that too deep in the weeds? Do you need me to explain this at a higher level?"

I make a point to tell new people to please stop me at any time to ask for an explanation, what that acronym means, or how to do anything, really. Like finding the shuttle schedule.

Huzzah on the performance review completion.

Budget finally acknowledged I have a car and they are extending the rental to Friday. I'm checked back into my hotel. The front desk guy even gave me the same room as he recognized my name. They are sold out tonight.

ugh storms, tornado warning for the next 30 min. local sirens going off. rain not even started. do I wake the child and make him move to hall?

Warning? Yeah, you probably should.

and now they've extended it an hour because the storm was moving fast and it slowed way down. hates it.

I woke him and told him he situation. if I hear any loudness, he will be dragged to hall.

Whereas in my family, when there were funnels a ridge line over in Jefferson county and the county sirens were going off, half of us were on the deck, watching... The sane half had dog on a leash, cats corralled and kids ready to hit basement. That was the woman my brother married. Who grew up with tornados.

My mom always sent me, my brother, and the dog to the basement and she would go stand on the porch. I'd have been there with her given the chance.