Good things

Jul. 7th, 2024 11:14 pm
ceitfianna: (dreams)
The weather is at the moment far too hot and humid but life is going pretty well. I had a new mattress delivered yesterday and had my first sleep on it last night, which was nice. Its going to take a little getting used to after my very old mattress that dipped so much.

At work, I set up my first display in the Reference area and what's cool is I can see people looking at the books. Also once I explained the idea, one of the pages brought me books and dvds that work for it. I just love the feel of this library and love being more involved. I also chose a book for a romance book club I'll be reading in August, A Marvellous Light, which I loved and have already reread the entire series at least once.

Also something I love about being in Reference which is in the older part of the library is that all the tourists ask me questions. My library is a famous historical town outside of Boston. So I get to explain about the Wyeth paintings and the manuscripts downstairs and our 150th and it feels nice. It reminds me of the area I grew up in outside Philly and the year after college when I interned at a Philly museum. I'm also aware of how the signage is our library isn't great, one of the drawbacks of basically numerous renovations added onto an older building is honestly its confusing and we just don't have good signs. This is one of those things that I'm going to keep gently poking at.

Yesterday, I finally found the local Farmer's Market which was also not signed well at all. Not far from me is a gigantic high school and the market was on the complete other side of it in a covered parking area. I picked up delicious fresh veg, which I've been eating with dinner. Some berries that I think I'm going to make into granita before I head off for a bit. Apparently the bigger market happens on Tuesdays at a park not far from a busy intersection. Not sure when I'll be able to get to it. Sadly the weather was awful just so humid and I'd worn the wrong pants, but part of the day was spent reading in a nicely ACed cafe.

Another quality of life thing that I'm going to try and do before heading off to see family is switch out my old purse for the new Critical Role bag I bought. Technically I don't think its that much smaller but time for a change and I like it
ceitfianna: (Jane thoughts consume me)
Well, I didn't get the full time job that I applied for at the library. Apparently I've improved in my interviewing since the last one I did at the library and I was a strong candidate but someone else was better. I think waiting to find out about this has been quietly stressing me out since the interview which was about a month ago.

Now I know and ugh, time to take my nice looking resume and start applying to other libraries since while I love this library. I don't know if there's ever going to be more than a part-time place for me. I know the new budget comes out in July and they want to do more hours for people but I hate waiting and hoping. And I'm feeling especially useless as with the budget not there, there's very little to do down in processing so I feel more stuck. I don't mind Tech Services but I know its not the best fit for me in the long run. I'm not as meticulous as I could be with some aspects and I need the social parts of the desk.

Not really how I wanted to start my birthday week but then this whole last week has been a lot. I stayed up far too late last weekend watching all of EXU: Calamity as I've fallen into the Critical Role hole. So before the Monday holiday, I didn't get enough sleep which messed with the rest of my week and it also ended up being stupidly hot.

Work was okay but the lack of sleep left me feeling not my best. That was kind of annoying as on Thursday, I had a get together for my NZ university and I had planned to go to the Aquarium beforehand. The weather and air and everything was hot and heavy so while I had a good time, I ended up feeling completely exhausted by all of it.

I'm glad that with my birthday coming up, I'm getting some time off and will have more in July.

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