I think the tide may be turning.  Wade got his promotion to CO2 this week, which is fabulous.  He is going to get some back pay because his promotion/raise is retroactive back to September.  He has a college degree and therefore qualified for CO2 at 6 months but had to complete his probation before it could take effect.  He will also get the second ( Read more... )

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Today I had an angry student approach me at the reference desk in our small academic library. A transcript follows with my unsaid thoughts in italics:

Angry Student: Can you go over and tell that group of students to be quiet? They are really loud and they aren't talking about school work.

Me: Well, this is the main floor ( Read more... )

It seems that the school year is in full swing. I have scheduled roughly 25 classes, which is about half what I had for the whole year last year so I am on track or ahead of last year. We are in the process of trying to get our finances in order because we fell dreadfully behind in the past year with Wade not working a "real" job for months. And ( Read more... )

We have a shared drive called the O: drive that all library staff has access to. It has reports, statistics, forms, policies, procedures and other documents on it in a million different folders. When I first started last summer, I was told, "Oh, just check out the O: drive! Everything you need to know is there ( Read more... )

It's only Wednesday? WTF? I think whenever Wade is in the middle of his seven night workweek, I am going to feel like it is the longest week ever. Maybe I will eventually get used to it, probably just in time for him to switch to a different shift. I was telling a friend last night that this coming weekend is only the second weekend he's had ( Read more... )