Busy

Life since my grandmother died has been insane.

I have been to WV twice in 2 months, my sister was here for almost 3 weeks, and graduation and vacation are around the corner.  This year has been rather busy and I need to start eating vegan again.  My allergies have been a mess and I attribute it to the meat and dairy.  Though I do have a plan for stopping my WaWa runs in the morning.  I bought a blender ball shaker and think that if I do one of the plant/vegan shakes in the morning it will help up my veggie intake and it will help with my allergies.  I only really hope that it will work.  If not on to plan B!

Next week is finals week and it amazes me that it is already here.  On top of that I had to fire a student today, and I have had 2 leave.  I dearly hate conflict of any kind.  INFJ's just are not programed for it.  However as a department head in the library it is part of my job description.

Now the subject of a second degree has begun again.  I miss my time in the classroom, but am not sure what degree to work towards.  Counseling would be okay, but I am not sure I can do it...I still don't know how effective it will be as I am not married yet.  Teacher education would be good in some ways as lesson planning and developing objectives which would help with teaching information literacy.  Business would also be good as I am frequently put into positions of leadership and have had no management classes and definitely no classes regarding finance.  And there are those air dreams people have to which I am no stranger.  I frequently dream of owning my own business.  Not simply so that I can be independent, but rather as I want to share some of my favorite things with others.  Owning a shop that sold fair trade products as well as coffee and tea is one of them.  Another is owning a restaurant of some sort that was uber-healthy but also uber-yummy.  I love making vegan desserts that people cannot recognize as vegan.  The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur  and the Happy Herbivore are two of my favorites.

Ahh well, those are air dreams.  I also dream of my own home, something cozy but big enough for company.  I dream of children...but not when I have a migraine.

In other news I have a new second job helping with a Day Spa.  I have been working on creating a blog for them and boy has it been a lot of work.  My grasp of html and css is rather sad.  But I am learning and instead of memorizing everything I have learned what I need to survive.

Job and character

This article is one of the better ones I have read recently about working in today's society. The working world is not always an easy place, we are often called to move outside of our comfort zones to work on projects or teams for which we have had little practice. Instead of getting stressed and frustrated it is sometimes better to step back and see what God and Life are trying to teach you. Every new experience adds something useful to your outlook on life, and sometimes provides new listings for your resume.

Most of the students who interview at work have had little to no prior experience working in a library. To me that isn't as much of a problem as the student's attitude in the interview. It takes a special person to thrive in a library environment. Some of my best workers are students who had no experience, but were very hard workers. Attitude is at least 60% of the battle when working with new or learning students. (The other highest characteristic is someone who can think in an organized and structured way.)

For more job related tips check out this article from Relevant Magazine. http://ow.ly/1SZLO

TCLC Summer Camp

I am currently attending a TCLC summer camp on blogs and wikis in preparation for the launch of our Masland Library Blog. We are trying to create a better and more active library. Therefore we are working on the nitty gritty with blogs and wikis. If you have any questions or ideas, feel free to let us know.