They told me when I started here that they didn't really mind if I didn't get it all the first time. Or the second time. Or even the third time. They trusted that it would eventually stick and then I could stop pestering them with questions. They also assured me that I would be surprised at what I remembered, even when all I remembered was the cement-like quality of my brain when it came to new information. Well, for the past few days, I have indeed been surprised that I could remember anything that they've told me over the past few weeks.

But today I sprouted a major brain leak. Suddenly, I couldn't remember how to spell my name, much less assign priorities to calls. Or even assign them to me. The crisis has passed. I am slowly recovering. Stress the third word in that last sentence.

I am going to go look at something other than a computer screen right now.