Maitre'd

Ugh. Tomorrow morning I have to coordinate what's called the "assessment clinic," although I might abbreviate it to "ass clinic" just to get out my hostility, anger, and frustration with it. Maybe that's too hasty -- after all, I haven't done it yet. But I'm supposed to be the hostess, the "maitre 'd" by which they mean I welcome patients and make sure they feel okay and sign the consents. I think I'm going to follow the model of the Contestant Coordinators on Jeopardy -- they were funny and relaxed and helped us contestants relax in turn.