asimplechord | how did it get to be Wednesday already?

+ New student joined the lab today. He won't officially start doing lab work for a couple of weeks, but we cleared some of The Idiot's overflow off the vacant bench for him. IDK how this is going to work out. I'm nominally in charge of directing his project, since it's one that I started. There's not a personality clash or a language barrier, but New Student was seriously addicted to texting when he did his tutorial. Which probably sounds hypocritical coming from me, right? But I usually leave my phone in my desk drawer, and check it on breaks. (Having an office away from lab is actually really good for curbing my email and text addiction, I think.) He would pause *while I was telling him how to do an experiment* to read/send texts. I tried to explain: if you are not listening to me, that tells me you don't need my help, in which case, I have better things to do than hold your hand. It was to the point that The Chief noticed, and planned to address that in his "these are my expectations" speech. Also, New Student is diabetic, and it's really uncontrolled. Like, there would be points in the day when his blood sugar was so low that I could *see* that he was disconnected from reality - could not think straight - and that's dangerous in lab. He doesn't control his sugar well, and he isn't careful about his diet. I guess we'll see.

+ Bandit? Really? I shouldn't be surprised, I suppose.

+ ♥ Nick Scimeca & De'Mar Hamilton & Daniel Castady's cover of Modern Love

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New Student is going to be a different kind of difficult from The Idiot, but you're still gonna be stuck with shitty labmates. Boo.

Bandit. Seriously? I don't know whether to be all *hearts* or shake my head, lol.

♥ They Just HOWL

I'm sort of hopeful that he won't be as difficult to deal with, though. I mean, I can tell him to do things and he'll at least understand what I'm telling him, not faking it, nodding and muttering "yes, I see, I see" and then doing EXACTLY WHAT I TOLD HIM NOT TO DO.

*deep breaths*

Honestly? Nothing can be weirder than Bronx Mowgli. At least if Bandit doesn't like, when s/he grows up Lee is a viable alternative.

I hope so. And yeah, you're right, at least he'll understand directions. Doesn't mean he'll follow them, but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

It took me longer to warm up to the name Bronx. After running it through my head, I think Bandit Lee is actually a cute name. Now, if only we knew if baby was a boy or a girl, lol.

I think it's a cuter name for a girl, tbh.

I would love it as a name for a girl, it'd be adorable.

I AM NOT IMAGINING BANDIT/BRONX FUTUREFIC. AM. NOT. ABSOLUTELY.

WHICH MEANS YOU TOTALLY TOTALLY ARE!

THIS IS SO NOT RIGHT.

*throws carrots* GO AWAY, SILLY BANDIT/BRONX BUNNIES!

Are you luring them away, or feeding them so they'll not want to leave?

lol, I was trying to make them go away.

Also? MY EARS HURT! *whines* It's making me miserable!

Does someone need to stick VapORub and cotton balls in your ears, or do we need to get Harley to turn the radio down?

lol. it's like sinus pressure, I think. but it sucks out loud! Harley must've crashed early tonight, b/c I actually don't hear her radio. *g*

Absolutely NO business being in a lab in that condition.

I agree. I told him to go away, and eat something before he came back. He was only recently diagnosed, and I think he is not adjusting well to the lifestyle changes he has to make.

You are far kinder than I would be in that situation. Then again, I'm Snape at work, and I don't tolerate any lapses in protocol or attention.

how did it get to be Wednesday already?

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