What This Journal is Good For
I really, really, really do not feel like doing homework. Do not want to do it to the point where I've actually started typing in this journal again.
So a quick rundown on what's changed since 2006.
I left the Kindergarten job and the end of the 2006-2007 school year, and spent 2007-2008 working in a high school library. The high school that I attended back in the day. Some of the same teachers still worked there (weird, right?). Basically, I decided that I'm not a fan of teenagers and that excess interaction with them in any future job should be avoided at all costs.
In the fall I started the Master of Library Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I'm not in love with the midwest and don't see myself living here after graduation, but for now it's a really good spot. The program is one of the top ranked library schools, and I'm working as a graduate assistant in the Math Library. Classes are fun, and relatively easy. The best part is definitely the people. I love everyone that I've met, and they're so fun to hang out with to talk about libraries, books, movies, knitting, everything. I think that I'd like to go into childrens' librarianship, but we'll see how that turns out. I'll be spending the summer term as a practicum student at the Urbana Free Library's childrens' department, which should be both fun and a good resume padder. But I did my Alternative Spring Break at WashU's medical library, and that was fascinating too. So many possible paths, so much to worry about in a years time when I actually need to find a job.
The weather is finally getting warm again, and I'm looking forward to the Farmers' Market returning in a week and a half, walking home to my apartment after work/class, going to the ALA's Annual Conference in July with my school friends, and just hanging out and enjoying eveyone/thing while I'm still here and can take advantage of it. Because time really is flying and this will all be over before I know it. Than I'll have to go back to being an actual adult, which is so not as fun as what I've got going on now.
So a quick rundown on what's changed since 2006.
I left the Kindergarten job and the end of the 2006-2007 school year, and spent 2007-2008 working in a high school library. The high school that I attended back in the day. Some of the same teachers still worked there (weird, right?). Basically, I decided that I'm not a fan of teenagers and that excess interaction with them in any future job should be avoided at all costs.
In the fall I started the Master of Library Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I'm not in love with the midwest and don't see myself living here after graduation, but for now it's a really good spot. The program is one of the top ranked library schools, and I'm working as a graduate assistant in the Math Library. Classes are fun, and relatively easy. The best part is definitely the people. I love everyone that I've met, and they're so fun to hang out with to talk about libraries, books, movies, knitting, everything. I think that I'd like to go into childrens' librarianship, but we'll see how that turns out. I'll be spending the summer term as a practicum student at the Urbana Free Library's childrens' department, which should be both fun and a good resume padder. But I did my Alternative Spring Break at WashU's medical library, and that was fascinating too. So many possible paths, so much to worry about in a years time when I actually need to find a job.
The weather is finally getting warm again, and I'm looking forward to the Farmers' Market returning in a week and a half, walking home to my apartment after work/class, going to the ALA's Annual Conference in July with my school friends, and just hanging out and enjoying eveyone/thing while I'm still here and can take advantage of it. Because time really is flying and this will all be over before I know it. Than I'll have to go back to being an actual adult, which is so not as fun as what I've got going on now.