SoAfter saying that I had things to say, I then promptly did not say them. Which is a bit rubbish all told, really.
I have a mentoring meeting this morning to which I am not remotely looking forward. I mentor three people. One of them I see a fair amount, one not at all, and the one I am seeing this morning. I have difficulties with the latter, because there seems to be an expectation that I will do all the work. Now don't get me wrong, I take mentoring pretty seriously. I didn't have the benefit of having a mentor at all, and had to work things out myself, but I don't think I ever wanted the sort of mentor who would not only tell me the answers, but would present them to me in a pretty wrapped parcel. That's not a mentor, that's a mother. Or Father Christmas, depending on the time of year. The person to whom I am referring probably is at least 5 years older than me, but there is an immense contrast with the first mentee (snigger) to whom I referred who is a fair bit younger. The latter never requires spoon feeding at all, and is pretty much a joy to mentor. I've thought a fair amount in the odd moment (and I have some very odd moments) about whether that's just because we get along better. But I don't think there is, I just don't think there's the expectation that I will step in and run his life and career in the same way, or take all the decisions which are correctly his (and if I ever tried to do anything like that I daresay there's be an all-out revolution, and I'd not least be placed firmly back in my box. But I wouldn't try, because it wouldn't be expected). Oh, too many parentheses as ever.
So I am not looking forward to this meeting really. But I have lunch with a former colleague afterwards, which may prove to be some consolation. Although a team meeting in the afternoon, where I shall try and restrain myself from doodling for at least 15 minutes. But I may not succeed.
So... other news.... I am back playing WoW a little bit, and my shoulder is hurting me considerably less. I am still trying to work out why I enjoy playing and whether ultimately it is the thing for me. But I am expecting there to be a 100 pet achievement, and I am on 85, so I can't give up until I get all the pets! I've made clear my position on raiding. I don't think I want to get back into raiding in the way I did before. Although we were not at all a hard core guild, I was raiding probably 5 nights a week, which is just too much for me. I think it might work 2 nights a week, and possibly more, but when I want. I'm not really attracted by the shiny new gear any more (play a resto druid and you're pretty inured to the fact that there's not so much for you, and it will never drop anyway!), I think because I know that I play my class reasonably well.
And PvP has never held much attraction. I think I still have a problem with being killed. Even though it is game, the fact that it's real people targetting my pixels gives me a problem in some way. I know that is strange, odd and rather pathetic in many ways, but I somehow can't get over it. And also, I don't really understand PvP which leaves me deeply frustrated. Probably the answer to both is to PvP more and QQ less, but I'm just not sure I want to!
Well, enough for now. I have stuff to do before the mentor-meeting. Gah!
