He tells me when he's ready. He has lots of superstitions, and sometimes he thinks if he tells me something it will jinx it in some way. Or I might respond in with the wrong words. I don't always understand. He'll say, "I want to talk to you about this, but I'm not sure if I should." Shrug.

He told me last night that he thinks everything is going ok on the job. He said he's made some mistakes, but he corrected them. I don't know if that means he made actual mistakes that anyone would agree is a mistake or if he's done something that violated one of his quirky little "rules."

I noticed on the schedule he brought home that he's scheduled for way more hours than most of the other workers. Maybe they have a hard time filling this job? That would work to his favor.

I also know he really wants to do the job. I'm guessing a lot of the people they have working there are college students who would quit in a heart beat if they found a better job. So that works to his favor.

He's a black male, and the program serves a lot of underprivileged black youth, so they do try to find black employees - especially male - who can act as role models. Again to his favor.

His supervisor told him there's a staff meeting scheduled after work on Friday and a mandatory meeting on Saturday, March 10. He told her ok to the Saturday meeting, but for some reason he said he might not be able to make the Friday evening meeting. He made up a conflicting appointment that he said he might not be able to get out of. I'm not sure why. He said some instinct told him not to agree too readily that he would be available. He told her he might have to leave the meeting early to go to this fictional appointment.

I really don't know why he does things like that. If I had been unemployed for a couple of years and finally found a job I really liked and my boss asked me on day four to attend a staff meeting after work, I'd agree in a heartbeat.