Tag: Pima County
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Early “retirement”
It was bittersweet to receive this lovely card from one of the admin departments last week for hitting 15 years with my organization. Three of those years were as an intermittent librarian, as I also worked at the Arizona Health Sciences Library as an information associate while going to school. When I finally got the…
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Long Distance Running
My son is sick todayPhysically sick – with a cold. He’s eightAnd he willingly did a Covid test last nightA table is turnedAnd slow progress is made.(In the pastCovid tests were dreaded,Whined about, andNever done willingly.)After swabbing his noseHe needed a tissueTo wipe his tearsHe explained thatIt didn’t hurtBut ratherFelt weirdAnd made his eyes waterThe…
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Reframing Mondays: It’s the Economy, Stupid
Monday morning againAnd I’m wonderingWhat if all the working womenWe’re honest with their familiesAnd stopped trying to do it allOr even half of itMaybe it’s just me…But I doubt itMy son tells me repeatedly How muchHe doesn’t want to go to schoolHe doesn’t want to listen To reason or think aboutAnyone else’s perspective.And after a…
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Meh
I’m here at this place on Mondays. It’s because my library’s administration couldn’t be bothered to make logical decisions based on locations and populations and instead took the easy way out by “letting” the managers figure it out on their own. It will likely be this way forever until my branch closes for a remodel…
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Public good
Today I am writing about burnout. I read a great book about this last year and it offered some strategies for me for the past year. I’ve been reading much about labor shortages and people switching careers lately. Prior to the pandemic, I thought I would be content to be a children’s librarian for many…
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Saturday
It’s been a long week that, thankfully, kept improving after Monday. It’s been a week of lots of deep breathing. It’s been a week of change. Both externally and internally. After my supervisor had a one on one meeting with my library’s director, I was assured that I wouldn’t have to worry about working on…
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Monday. Again
I even drew a picture to go with… This was just my morning purge. I actually had a couple of decent work hours before my supervisor shared some really disturbing news with me. Apparently, my so called leaders in administration have no problem with adding more burden to the shoulders of those already dealing with…
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More snooze please
After a horrible morning yesterday of trying to get out of the door with my son in a reasonable amount of time – not late for work – I chose to start today by giving myself more. I hit the snooze button and laid in bed for an extra ten minutes. I wish I could…
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The Stupidity Paradigm
As predicted By me The Tucson Unified School District Once again Ditched their plans For hybrid learning Days before the start. I am glad that they changed Their plans. What I don’t understand Is why they insist on Pursuing this course of action In obviously unsafe times.
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