Genius

I have a genius on the team

I must make full use of his brains his wide breadth of knowledge in diverse fields such as cognitive learning theory motivation linguistics and literature

How lucky am I

I have a team willing to tell me where things won't work. Willing to work with my idiosyncratic style.

I am  blessed so.

I missed rani and Janet.  But they may not have missed being here. I think rani would have enjoyed it. I cant be sure.

But. Janet doesn't tell me she's not going to be around . I find that... intriguing.  Many options.
Doesn't want to tell me
Scared I'll give her work to do or give her a hard time
Doesn't think it important or necessary to tell me
Feels bad to tell me
Could be anything else too..
I worry about my impressions of her too. That I'm starting to believe what I've been told about her ages and ages ago
But
I stuck by her
And it paid off
Will continue to.
Not suck up to her. Bemoan her absence . Just. When she's there get the most from her.
Really starting to feel I can't entrust her with things. That's a bit sad.
But will stay professional and objective.
I suspect she would have preferred not coming last week but I changed  things to accommodate her.
So be it.
I trust God more than anything
I've also learnt when you love someone you trust them. You don't seek to control them.
So be it.
And never take things personally or take myself or my project too seriously.
And trust God always.
I think today's meeting was good with five committed and Interested people
More people would have made it longer.