December 8, 2016

 I forgot to mention yesterday that I got a package from a former classmate, the one who drew the dwarf librarian, and it had a Christmas card / Thank You note along with a signed copy of Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library. It was a thank you for helping him figure out something for his final portfolio. I think that's pretty cool. Still one of my favorite classmates. And, little does he know, I've wanted to read that book for years. No more excuses.

This morning I woke up when my alarm went off, because I remembered to set my alarm last night. It's pretty nice how that works out.

I got to sharpen pencils this morning and I was three away from finishing the box when the pencil sharpener stopped working. It already sucks and I kind of hope it finally died but part of me thinks it just overheated because the bottom was hot enough to burn you. I forgot to check it later in the day but maybe tomorrow, if I remember.

What else did I do at work today? I spent a lot of time watching usability videos. They were fairly uneventful but I did discover a page on our website that can no longer be reached unless you know the address or have it bookmarked. I'm assuming the patron had it bookmarked, but for good reason because the schedule was much easier to read on that page. I was talking to my boss about it and she said she would suggest adding the calendar portion to the bottom of the new page.

It felt like I was ping-ponging between being on and off the desk, so I didn't have any big chunks of free time. I went upstairs twice in order to finish watching the video on project management, and finally managed to finish it after bumping the speed up to 1.5x normal. Making a Gantt chart kind of seems like a tedious pain in the butt. I can also see why it would be useful to have one. My boss likes them but hopefully she doesn't try and get the rest of us to use them.

I spent more time looking through all the digital magazines in our trial. So many magazines. My goal is to at least see the name of all of them before the trial is over. It's really interesting to see all the magazines that still exist. And all the magazines for obscure subjects that I never knew existed.

As I was leaving for lunch the patron stopped by who I found the architect information for and she brought me chocolate. So now I've received chocolate, glazed pecans, and forty dollars stuffed in my pocket. It's been a pretty lucrative career as a librarian so far, even if I didn't keep the forty dollars.

After work I went home and had dinner, and then went with my mom and her friend to see a comedian. We saw in a year or two or three ago and he was really funny, both back then and tonight. I think he's the only comedian I've seen twice. Following the show, as everyone filed out, I ran into the academic librarian who I interviewed and then set me up with my practicum supervisor. Running into him at the university where he works isn't as random as running into him at the ALA conference in Orlando, but it's not like we were in the library, so it's still kind of random.

Now I'm going to go to bed. I didn't get enough sleep last night, and I won't get as much as I would like tonight, but it's nearly the weekend and then I'll be able to sleep in. Hopefully.