So...I haven't posted in 2012. Yeah ( Read more... )

So...I accidentally a full-time job.

As a children's librarian.

In my hometown.

You know that image of Freddie Mercury with one fist raised in triumph? (Here.) That's me right now.

Although I'm singing "Killer Queen" instead of "We Are the Champions," because I like it better.

So last week I did story-time with my kids. We made zebras by putting white horse cutouts in a pan and rolling around some marbles dipped in black paint. One mother liked the alligator song so much that she asked me for a print-out so that she could sing it with her kids laterAnd then at the end of story time, I gave the kids a choice. I told them ( Read more... )

So I guess I accidentally did that WIP meme that's going around--the crossover WIPs, at least. There's also a component that says you can ask for a snippet from one of the WIPs, so if any of these cracky things interest you, feel free to ask ( Read more... )

Soo...I have a snow day from the library!

This is awesome in many ways, but it is especially awesome because I feel like crap and probably would have had to take a vacation day if the library was open. I am coughing and achy and it kind of feels like my heart is pounding out of my chest...although that last may be because I'm subsisting on a diet ( Read more... )

This morning I had to go into work even though all the schools were canceled and the roads were horrible and the twenty-minute drive took an hour and then it was so cold in the library and I wished I had called in sick and gone back to bed and I tried to shelve a bunch of DVDs and they all fell over and it was the last freaking straw I swear ( Read more... )

Hello! I am soliciting advice about e-readers, because I think I'm going to ask for one for Christmas. So, if you've got one, tell me about it! What brand is it? What do you like about it? What drives you crazy? Is the contrast good enough? Can you convert text files and upload them ( Read more... )

So work is good now, except for the part where I tried to figure out my insurance tonight and had a mini-meltdown instead. You know what's not a good idea? Tallying up your yearly salary and then comparing it to your student debts. Don't do that ( Read more... )

I have to be at work in a little over an hour.

Since about 5:30 this morning I have been shivering, shaking, sweating, sleepless, miserably sick. Even my dreams were queasy. I want nothing more than to pull up the covers, set the garbage can beside the bed just in case, and try again tomorrow.

But this is the first day. I cannot call in sick on ( Read more... )

Okay, I cannot do this unemployed graduate thing. It is making me crazy. Crazier. All I do is fail to write Pros fic, fail to write Sherlock fic, and halfheartedly crochet incredibly frustrating afghan squares for the Incredibly Frustrating Afghan of Loveliness ( Read more... )