Mostly, it was the usual introductions and making sure that I had the proper access to things from my computer. But amazingly, considering my propensity for getting freaked out by stuff, I just really stoked. I feel I can do the job they hired me for. Dig my random confidence. I’m looking forward to tomorrow and everything.
Well, I need more fun things for my cube walls (waiting for the printer to get hooked up here again), a new electric kettle (purchased and ready to leave), tissue for my sniffles (purchased and stacked with some mint tea and the kettle), etc. but otherwise I feel good about this.
The rest of the week looks to be more of the same. Meetings and learning stuff. Now, I’d better be off to bed. It’s getting late.
– I had a great time at Gallifrey One. Ignore the fact that I got really sick the Monday I was supposed to drive home. Bleh.
– I have a new computer, and it’s mostly set up. Picture to follow once we get my camera to speak to said computer.
– My old job ended on Saturday. They gave me a basket full of socks as a going away gift. 37 pairs.
– My new job (Collection Development Librarian) starts tomorrow.
– And a Small World Alert! Today I was at a gem and jewelry show and ran across a friend from college…who also knows one of Koshvaders co-workers. You should check out Morgan’s jewelry: Medievaljeweler.com it’s fab. It’s a small dang world.
Well, I’m doing it again. Heading to L.A. for the Doctor Who Convention known as Gallifrey One. I’m fixing to leave tomorrow after work. But fear not, you may yet live vicariously through my geeky field trip.
I know that this video has been around for a while, but I’ve only just encountered it. The level of cuteness is very high, so I’m issuing a warning for loud “Awwwww”s.
Last Wednesday (the 10th) I had a job interview. It wasn’t just any interview. It was for The Job. The one I have been wanting for…8 years or so now. (No, not the Full Time Writer or Travel Blogger one. Perhaps those will be next.)
And I discovered today that I got The Job. I beat out three other people. Go me. (Squee! Gotta go buy the t-shirt I promised myself now.)
I am a Librarian, like my parents before me. I am quite good at reference services, or so I’m told. But really, my heart belongs to Collection Development. And, like a good librarian, I will now give you too much information on the subject.
Collection Development, as its name implies, involves the development of a collection. The first step is the selection of items for the collection (keeping in mind the needs of the users of said collection.) Then comes purchasing (depending upon budgetary constraints) and making sure that you get what you ordered. The items purchased are then processed and get their time on the shelf. This time can vary from very short in the case of paperbacks (not very durable, you know) to “until it up and dies” in the case of classics in a particular field. The final step, as you may have gathered, is “deselection,” other wise known as “weeding.” I love weeding. Yes. This makes me peculiar, even in libraryland. I had a boss once offer to send me to another library to help them with their weeding. There’s even a whole manual dedicated to guidelines for weeding. Mostly, books and other materials are weeded based on condition, usage (or lack thereof), and accuracy. See what I mean? Too much information. Moving on.
So, yeah. My new job, starting on March 8, is Collection Development Adult/Teen. I get to buy stuff for the library system. I was pondering this possibility the other day and it occurred to me that not only do I have a career (which came as a bit of a shock) but I have a career path. I worked with computers before the dot bomb, then I spent five and a half years working with teens and three working with adults. Now, I’m moving on to specializing in something I’ve already done a fair amount of while working with teens and adults.
This is another one of the recipes from my grandmother. For the record, I don’t generally eat pork, but I thought that y’all might be interested in seeing it anyway. (As you may imagine, I have no memory of this dish, what with the not eating of pork thing.) What do you think about this one?
This recipe was found in a book called Galley Finale: A Collection of Mariner Soups, Sloops, and Other Incredible Edibles it was put out by The Presbyterian Church of Fair Oaks, Ca in 1978.
Tangy Pork Chops by Mrs. Leon Catlin
4 pork chops
4 onion slices
1 can tomato soup
4 green pepper rings
Dash of pepper
Brown chops in skillet on both sides. Place a slice of onion and green pepper on each and pour soup over. Cover and cook over low heat about 45 minutes. Stir or baste now and then.
From the Forgotten English day by day calendar – Tuesday, March 16 (year?)
Banting: doing banting, reducing superfluous fat by living on [a] meat diet, and abstaining from beer, farinaceous food, and vegetables, according to the method adopted by William Banting….The word was introduced about 1864.
- Ebenezer Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1898
Why I saved it:
Uh…sound familiar? Everything old is new again, isn’t it Mr. Atkins? *ahem*
This recipe is not by a family member, but I happened to notice it on my way by as I flipped through the pages of the cook book. It looks easy to make, albeit a bit strange. Come to think of it…I’d probably add cheese. But honestly? I love tater tots. As in adore. Why don’t I have any in the freezer? Hang on. I’m going to go put them on the list. While I’m gone, please enjoy the recipe from page 48.
This recipe was found in a book called Galley Finale: A Collection of Mariner Soups, Sloops, and Other Incredible Edibles it was put out by The Presbyterian Church of Fair Oaks, Ca in 1978.
Brown meat in a skillet. Add soup and stir. Put in baking dish and sprinkle tater tots on top. Bake as directed for tater tots. This is good for a busy day when you have to do something with a pound of frozen hamburger.
Ah, coffee, that wonderful warm start-of-the-day beverage. I have such a love/hate relationship with it. It has so may pros and cons.
Pros: 1. I can help wake you up. 2. It can help with a sore throat. 3. The heat can help with a stuffed up head. 4. It helps with asthma problems. 5. It’s a tasty beverage, that goes particularly well with sweets. 6. It can help with mental focus. 7. A hot cup of coffee in a mug is two weapons in one. (I’ve mentioned my favorite weapon here before, yes?)
Cons: 1. It can keep you awake when you would rather sleep. 2. It can make your hands very unsteady. 3. It can give you an acid belly/disagree with your system. 4. It can take a normal stress reaction and make it go through the roof. Hello panic attack. 5. It can help you focus *way too much*. Must…Finish…Project!
and the one I’d totally forgotten about until Saturday: 6. It makes me paranoid.
Yep. Did you know that everyone was ignoring me on Saturday? No? How about the fact that my co-workers are all going to be angry with me for calling in sick on Saturday and I’ll ‘get in trouble’ for doing so? Sigh. I called in sick because of the whole coughing/sneezing/runny nose/having trouble breathing problem that I drank the coffee for in the first place.
Note to self: One cup is okay. Two cups is pushing it these days. Three cups is right out. You haven’t worked graveyard shift in thirteen years, and you are getting more sensitive as you get older. Don’t be a paranoid dork. Yes. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you, but seriously…