Semester end
The semester just ended and only noticed at five pm today when non one was at the circ desk. This marker evaded me despite that we had a "party" for…[...]
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Writing itch
I've been doing a lot or reading recently. I love to read, but after a while, I feel a bit out of balance because all I do is work and…[...]
Week 49
This Monday I wrote week forty-nine on the top of my schedule. It took me a minute to understand the significance of that, but I am three weeks out from…[...]
Conference season
It the end of April and I feel that I have been running since March, mainly because I have been running since March. I've taken to calling this conference season…[...]
Site environment and stress
Friday I spent the day in one of our regional locations. I had planned on this to make sure that my site students had the same in-person availability that my…[...]
Month nine
I am currently in month nine of my new job. I appear to have integrated myself well enough into the organization that I get the comment that it feels like…[...]
The Dust dream
I had a dream last night that I still haven't gotten out of. I was walking along a road and the world was a dust storm. People were walking along…[...]
Carrots
So it looks like I am good at giving people carrots. Not the orange, vegetable kind, the intriguing idea kind. I had a meeting with a colleague today where we…[...]
Back to work
March has been erratic. I only spent 11 days in office. Five were in Maryland, and five more were on vacation. Now I'm at the end of March and I…[...]
NCBI for Librarians training.
I am two days back from the week long NCBI for libraians training course at NIH. It was a fabulous experience being among so many librarians and scientists trying to…[...]