This morning I woke up and it felt like my alarm should have gone off
already. I put my glasses on and in the split second it took my eyes
to move to my alarm clock, the music came on. Perfect timing.
I did things at work today. We got the 'okay' to take DVDs to my
newest homebound patron so I pulled some of those. I also wrote up a
short form for her to sign so we can put her daughter's email on her
account so she will get the email notifications about DVDs, because
even though I can take her DVDs, she can only have them for two
weeks, which means the daughter will need to bring them back.
I started working on a new personalized reading list. They want
mysteries, thrillers, and suspense novels. I don't really read those
books so I thought it would be a good oppportunity to see what's out
there and become more knowledgeable. Hooray for learning.
I came up with an idea for how to organize the training videos I
found for the event and room reservation program we use. I thought
about it like tiered programs, where you get a few things with the
free version, a few more things for the basic price, and all the
things for a premium price. In the case of the videos, I created
three groups: everyone, front-line, and schedulers. There are a few
videos that I think everyone should watch, just in case they are out
and about and a patron asks them a question. Then there are a few
more for the front-line people who work at a public desk and may not
schedule events or reserve rooms, but should at least have a basic
knowledge so they can help patrons navigate the system. And then
there are the last set of videos that specifically talk about
scheduling and reserving, which are obviously for the people who do
that sort of thing. I created a table based on this with the list of
videos along the left side (which are links to the actual videos),
the three groups make up the columns, and then I have dots under each
group corresponding with the videos I think that group should watch.
It kind of looks like I know what I'm doing. Tomorrow afternoon I
have a meeting with the lady in children's that I was supposed to
work with on this, so we'll see if she has any further ideas. It
doesn't really seem like we'll need to do any more but she might have
a brilliant idea that I hadn't thought of. Originally I kind of felt
like we should have just posted a link to the support page with all
the videos and called it good, because they're pretty short and
wouldn't take much time to run through, And I still kind of feel that
way but at least now it looks like some effort has been put into it.
This afternoon I had my sixth-month evaluation. My boss had already
sent it to me and I didn't really have any questions or problems with
it so the review itself took less that ten minutes. Painless.
I guess the lady from the bible study I spoke with on Sunday when the
group overstayed their welcome had a lot of really nice things to say
about the library and the second floor staff in general. This even
after I had to go in there and a speed up the exit process on Sunday.
I guess I handled it well and didn't come across like a dick, which
I was afraid would happen. The coming across like a dick part, not
the opposite. So that's good.
Tonight was Chipotle night and I got a parking spot on my first pass.
When I got to my Mom's house I realized she had sent me a text
asking me to get her something from Chipotle. Whoops. She very
rarely gets something from Chipotle because she gets bored with it
quickly and usually picks up her own food. I did have a rose to give
her because one of the ladies at work was handing them out, which
isn't as good as food but at least it's something.
After dinner we watched YouTube videos and my sister let us pick out
the ornaments we wanted from the ones she made this year. They are
tiny glass balls that she swirled wood floor cleaner around in and
then poured in glitter. They kind of look like tiny galaxies. I
like them.
When I got home I just watched YouTube videos and clicked around the
internet. No crocheting happened. There's always tomorrow. And the
next day. And so on.
Soon I will be going to bed so I can wake up and go back to work. My
sister informed me that Sonic is offering grilled cheese sandwiches
for $0.50 tomorrow. I might take advantage of that. I have leftover
pizza bites and Chipotle, so I don't need the grilled cheese
sandwiches, but that is what the refrigerator is for.
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