welntaod

Hanging out at the homestead... I'm having to catch up on paperwork out of the office. Normally I don't have to bring much work home...occaisional after-hours special assignment, research on a speedier connection than the one at work, etc. A huge clot of my office hours has been recently spent hosting a Yale psych student observer. As part of his classwork & thesis-building, this cat is responsible for hanging out and watching.

Two problems with this: 1) Since he doesn't work for me, I can't train him as I would any one else new. This also makes him exempt of doing any work - He justs hangs out & watches while getting in the way. 2) I feel like I've been put in the postition of having to entertain him... Gotta put on a show of what life is like for the fellas in the group home, staff included. I recently asked how long we're responsible for hosting him. "Oh...I think, mid-April..? Yeah, that sounds right."

I feel sorry for AlienPrincess. She had a work training yesterday, the last mandatory for some time. Only problem was it was held at 2:30 in the morning. I vaugely remember her coming in, stripping to get in bed and swearing about something or other before I passed back out. I also sometimes wonder if I occaisionally beat her to the punch of her own entries... I'd feel bad if I stole what she'd planned on talking about when she next posted. I'll have to ask her & poke her in the ribs if she says 'yes'.