end of wk 2 ... intern still with us!

Amabelle is still with us ... This is good. We are glad. We hope she also is glad. She has one more week (or so) until her "mid-term presentation". (More on that in a later post.) Her probation period ends after week 3. (Here she is during week 1.)

Meanwhile, just a quick blurb ... and a pic of her digs! What's not to like!?

• Oak desk: Sure it's a dining room table, but it's oak!
• A view: She's not in cubicle although she does occasionally share her desk, but she has a view! that's gotta make up for it.
• Eating at desk: We are o.k. with that; it's a dining room table.
• Color-coded folders - Pink: She chose pink. We have interns pick a color for their file folders; makes it easier to find among other projects we have.
• Supplies: We give her supplies - folders, binder clips, post-it, pens/pencils, more folders, etc.
• Wi-fi: We don't know how to hack. We are networked. She has her laptop with access to our network. We don't make her pay for access. (HA!)
  
• Live plants: We like live plants. (I worked at a place that did not allow live plants - something about attracting pests, using water, etc. - there was a memo issued make the reasons clear. eMail was not yet prevalent.)
• Pets allowed: She gets to hang out with my "pets". Actually, its a small pod Eco-Sphere, which is pretty cool - when the little guys live. If she had a pet (that had fur and legs), she could bring him/her to work.

Down-sides? Don't know. This is a home-office setting; there are pluses and minuses, I suppose.