one more month to go

[alisa_beth]

Well, I am officially employed.  I'm not sure if I should really say "officially" though as I do not start until January 5 and I was told this afternoon not to worry if HR doesn't have a formal contract for me by my start date (as they're really behind).  It feels good to know it's definite.  By the time I start at the library, I will have enjoyed seven blissful months of not working.  SEVEN MONTHS!  That is amazing - and I have loved it.  I shouldn't get too melodramatic though because this post is just for 3 hours a day, Monday through Friday.  I still get to sleep in, I get to work for 10, I leave at 1, I still get to eat lunch with Clark Kent, and I'm home by 2 to surf the net, make something out of felt, or bake a loaf of bread.  AND I WILL BE WORKING IN A LIBRARY!  I want to call myself a librarian now, but I know I cannot do so in good faith.  I mean, I am just a shelver.  However, I'm probably the best shelver the University of Reading has ever had!  The head librarian told me that my shelving test results showed that I was MILES above the other applicants.  In 15 minutes I shelved 28 books.  I misplaced one, alphabetically, not numerically.  I properly weeded out the folio and periodical that weren't supposed to live in the section I was shelving (apparently, this NEVER happens in a shelving test!).  The first thing the librarian asked me in my interview was why I wanted this job - why wasn't I seeking employment that could use my teaching qualification and education.  But you don't understand - I REALLY wanted this job.  I have NEVER been happier about landing a job before - EVER (and, back in high school, I was unbelievably happy when Michael Thomas got me in at K-Mart).  I am going to be the most efficient and friendliest shelver Gordon and Julia have ever seen.  And oh, the 5th of January can not come soon enough.

PS I made the best rosewater icing today.  You  just don't even know.  I mean, I could eat it by the spoonful - it is SO delicious.