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Tired
Today I am tired. This is mostly due to a dog that decided to get sick in the middle of the night (he did this last week to in the midst of orientation week). It must have caught me just wrong because despite going back to bed, I don’t feel that I’ve slept enough. I managed to not caffeinate at all today, a good thing because all the caffiene choices I have are not good for me. But, I can hardly wait to get home. The work list at home doesn’t allow me to sleep right away. I’ll have to figure out what can get crossed off the list. The…
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Day in review June 16, 2015
Wednesday has become my day of sleep. I get to the middle of the week and my energy flags, productivity goes down, and basic tasks can take all day. On top of that, today my stomach didn’t like the rice noodles I tried to feed it for a snack. I haven’t felt ill, but something isn’t right. Today work wrapped up a couple of projects I had been working on. Each was different aspects of the same proposal. The first part landed in mine and a colleague’s lap five weeks ago. We were tasked with updating a previous document on information seeking behaviors of clinician’s of all types. We then…
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Day in review June 9, 2015
The beginning of the day went well. Research was tedious because it was data gathering. I had a hard time paying attention and will have to do some coding and cleaning of the data before I can use it. I truly had no idea how many different types of degrees and certificates can be offered. Evaluating each of these programs takes a certain amount of discernment that I hadn’t anticipated, but it is slowing me down. There will be a lot of data to play with when I’m done. I hope that it will yield some meaningful connections to the library. I fear I may need to learn some scripting/coding…
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Day in Review May 27, 2015
Today was the first day of my Divvy riding. I successfully, and enjoyably, rode from Union station a half mile west to my library. I don’t think it saved me any time, but I think it will save me some money and give me some exercise at the same time. I went to the gym and at least I feel like I’ve had a full workout. I figure that if I use Divvy three times a week to work, that’s saved me minimum $24 per month. Four times is $32. At that price, if I bike for two months, I break even. I don’t mention riding back from work, because…
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Day in review May 26, 2015
I came to work today feeling the psychlogical weight of all the work I had to do. I had a list (overly ambitious) of a few that I wanted ot knock off over the weekend. I figured that a weekend at my mom’s house would have enough down time. If not that, then the holiday would give me the room I needed. But it didn’t. I was tired the whole weekend. The funeral for Donald was quiet and quick. But it was draining just the same. The emotional energy it takes being around my mother, circumstance notwithstanding, is always tiring. Then there was the drive home, dropping off the sister,…
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Day in Review May 21, 2015
Today is the end of my week because my uncles funeral has been scheduled for tomorrow. As such, the timing isn’t great because I have to get the last of my teacing materials for next week, and the week starts with a holiday. I’ve done the distasteful thing and brought work home. I certainly do this more that I have (or could) in my previous job, but I have to be careful that it doesn’t become a habit. I can see how that happens now. I feel good about the coming year. I have a lot of opportunity and a lot of work ahead. It will be good work too.…
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Day in review May 19, 2015
I have been trying to plan my workweek so that I have time blocked through Wednesday. I find it difficult to plan much beyond that right now because I don’t have a good idea of how long tasks take. By Wednesday I have a better idea and can fill out the rest of the week. I’m hoping that I can take this one step further this year. I have my goals laid out for this year and once the review is done, then they will be solid. At that point I can start blocking out my time in terms of what I need to get done in a given month.…
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Day in review May 18, 2015
This week is a relatively light load. I don’t have instruction or many meetings. Most of my days will be like this one: Worked on a search for a meta-analysis I am partnering on. Prepped the handouts for the mobile pharmacy resources that I will be teaching next week Prepped a little of my performance review (that I absolutely need to finish tonight) Search for information for an inmate in another state that was referred to us for medical information Loaded my stats for the day For the coming year I will take my review document and populate it with the things that I will do these coming months. I…
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Nine days
Nine days into 2015 and job insecurity has set in. Nine days into 2015 and I am trying to make my brain turn back on. Nine days into 2015 and I worry that my weekend won’t feel like a weekend with all the usual that has to get done– plus some. Nine days into 2015 and I feel behind on sleep Nine days into 2015 and the headaches are back Nine days into 2015 and I have to consider extensive planning for the next six months Nine days into 2015 and I am spinning plates at home and at work. Nine days and the interrupted list from late 2014 still…
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Handles
Today it feels like I’m getting some sort of handle on my job activities. When I was given my job description (I was offered a job that I didn’t interview for), it listed all of the possible things that this job includes. Most of it was boilerplate stuff that fell under the categories of collection management, instruction, and reference. This I expected. Having had two weeks of orientation and a chance to see the library as a organism, I have a better perspective. We are beginning preparations for the fall semester. And by the end of the month I am expected to be making and doing. I’m starting to see…