To begin with good news, I've been hired as a contact tracer and start my training on Monday, so heading home from my wonderful family visit soon. I'm having new job jitters but really looking forward to this job which I think will be a good match for my skills. That means that my writing and such will have to find a new schedule but I'll make it ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was very foolish because I was craving a subway sandwich. I went out in the storm though I did dress properly but then discovered that even though I was there I had to use Grubhub. There is one I can walk to but I went for the T, it was an odd mood and then I chose the wrong shop in the app. The wonderful person there helped me out and ( Read more... )

Yesterday for the first time since before I can recall, I was able to get my hair cut. I don't really get it cut during the winter other than bang trims, then usually do a big cut in the Spring. It feels nice to have it shorter since it had gotten long and heavy. My local hair salon opened and everyone was masked up and that was reassuring, and now ( Read more... )

Today is my birthday and it feels surreal to be thinking about it and celebrating with everything going on in the world. Since March, my life has been fairly quiet as all the libraries are closed so I've been staying home. I've been donating since I've had a sore throat that comes and goes so I don't feel safe to be out more than my normal walk and ( Read more... )

-Wearing a mask means I had to learn a new way to breath as wearing one wakes my asthma up ( Read more... )

I keep having vivid and not terribly comforting dreams and feel odd. Earlier this week on my walk, I tripped and hurt my ankle and my shark week also started with a vengeance so I haven't been walking as much. The past few days I did some shopping for shark week supplies and today fresh veg. In terms of what I need and all, I'm doing okay but my ( Read more... )

Today I found out that the library I work at is closing for two weeks, which isn't too surprising. Though the library's out in the suburbs, a lot of Massachusetts is closing up to keep safe. On my way home I stopped at a Whole Foods and saw empty shelves but not always where I expected them; no frozen pizza, ice cream, sweet potatoes, cleaning ( Read more... )

I thought I'd posted more than once this month but my new job is tiring in an odd way and February's hitting me hard. The work itself is good, not hugely interesting but the library's nice as are the people I work with. The long commute is what leaves me kind of tired but I've been finding time for various things ( Read more... )

My new job is going well, I'm learning new skills, everyone's nice and I don't really feel the long commute until the end of the week. Also it keeps me nice and busy, not a lot of downtime since I'm balancing reference desk and ILL. The ILL is something I'm going to keep getting faster at but for now, it takes time ( Read more... )

At the moment, I have two temp job possibilities out there which is good. I miss working and this time of year is feeling even harder after losing Leslie. Winter's just biting deeper so I'm trying to reach out more. I ended up sending out a lot of mail which felt good and connecting with places I volunteer ( Read more... )