Spring Fever

It's not just the kids that are catching it. Looming around every corner, the tease of something called "summer vacation" lingers. There are giggles, excitement, even sneezes. All of this amounts to one thing:

Spring. Fever.

Spring fever usually hits a little earlier than this, but due to our crazy weather, I feel has been delayed. Because of this delay, there has been more spring fever harboring in these children (and adults) for longer than ever before, causing quite a ruckus.

Summer is merely four weeks away.

To quote George Takei:

 

FOUR WEEKS.

I'm not going to be lounging about eating bon-bons this summer, oh, no. I have tons of projects up my sleeve, and hopefully I will still like doing any of my hobbies this summer. I'm also looking into getting a part time job because I will be going back to college to finish my undergraduate degree.

This makes me happy and hopefully will help further my status in life.I will finally have tackled that elephant that has been in my life for so long!

Sorry about the gifs. I'm gif happy lately, simply because they are adorable and my new favorite TV show has a ton of them (Parks and Recreation).

We've done SO much this year. Thinking back about it all, I've compiled a list of the great stuff we've been able to accomplish in our library.

We have:

• Learned how to use a SmartBoard, as well as our new lower school learning commons area
• Weeded tons of books
• Added tons of books, such as popular series with Bound to Stay Bound, country books, junior readers, and holiday
• Held faculty meetings in the LSLC
• Used LSLC as a flexible space, holding 2 or more classes at once (that was fun!)
• Helped 4th grade with a stats/math project in the fall
• Provided materials for other 4th grade projects, such as biographies and the American revolution
• Provided 1st grade with biography materials
• Provided 2nd grade with materials for their Texas unit, including a Weebly and tons of Texas books
• Gone to TLA in San Antonio
• Worked on our own library benchmarks/objectives and standards
• Held Bluebonnet voting for 3rd and 4th grade...
• ...which also included an awesome party for the winning classes!

I personally have:

• Gained more responsibilities, such as dealing with periodicals and mail, placing orders through various vendors, and setting up inventory
• Taught several lessons to various groups, mostly 2nd grade and Primer
• Read books that I never thought I'd enjoy!
• Helped students of all ages and grades find material for pleasure and research purposes
• Learned how to cover books with our CoLibri machine
• Processed God knows how many books
• Covered God knows how many books
• Read a ton of review magazines

 Now, it's all about finishing up on inventory, reading shelves, any final weeding, and processing the last of our orders. This year has flown by for me, probably because I got married smack in the middle of it. Oh, then got a concussion. But, you know, I'm trying my best to keep up even when I do feel a little slow still.

I'm grateful for an interesting, and ever changing school year. It's been a blast so far, and with one month to go, I can't wait to see what we get done.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

That's right, friends, it's the best time of the year in a Librarian's life! Aside from summer vacation, that is.

It's time for...

TLA CONFERENCE!

Last year, I attended my first TLA conference, which was held in Ft. Worth. This year, I get to feel fancy and fly to San Antonio for exciting workshops, speakers, author talks, and buying comic books. Er, they're for...my husband? Not me. Certainly not. Ahem.

As I was saying, TLA is the most fun time of year. It's a chance to learn about your job and experience it through the eyes of many different library employees. There's also a chance to hear authors speak, which is super inspiring to me as a writer. I had more ideas come out of the author talks than I could shake a stick at.

Plus, Henry Winkler will be there.

Duh, that's obviously the best part.

I'm so excited! Cannot wait. Carrie is there now for pre-conference, and tomorrow the conference will officially start. I will be there Thursday and Friday. Thursday was the day that has the most stuff I'm interested in, so I honestly have no idea how I am going to cram in everything. I have a list of the things I want to see most, plus alternates. Oy. I'm exhausted just thinking about running about a huge convention hall!

Maybe this year I will actually be able to buy a Pigeon doll.