This past week

The past week, or two, has been CRAZY busy in the absolute best way.

Except for Monday.

Monday was the day we had a flood in one of the conference rooms (it technically belongs to technology, but we also use it occasionally). There was a devilish, little white hose spewing water, along with the knocking around the contents of the cabinet it had lived in, which had been going on for perhaps a couple of days. Things in our work room were soaked!

We lost some cardboard boxes and some paper, which wasn't necessarily bad, but the water was standing in our work room! It had soaked through the carpet, a little into the library and an adjacent conference room, and a tiny bit in the Lower School Learning Commons. After the strain of that day, things were much better!

Carrie and I helped 4th grade with a really cool data research project. Well, she worked with them a lot--I helped when they were in the new Lower School Learning Commons. It was fun to help them search for things, or even encourage them to think of creative ways to search...even sometimes to the point of just telling them to maybe find something new. That was perhaps the most difficult part.

We also got a new book order in, found out we had a bunch of books randomly donated to us, and another stashed of books that had been donated who-knows-when that we are fortunate to have! Getting books ready is always a challenge. Now that I'm posted at the circulation desk, it's an ever exciting challenge to get everything covered while checking little ones out. I don't mind; it's kind of fun to make it a challenge against myself.

This following week will be a little lighter in some ways. We're preparing for our next book order, and next Monday, I get to go to Region 10 for a professional development course with Peggy Sharp! She is a very dedicated educator, who absolutely knows everything about books. Seriously. I'm pretty sure you could name any title at all, and she could give you a lesson plan or fun song to go with it.

I'm also working on the promotional video for the library. So far, I've taken about an hour or two of footage and need to set up times to interview people. This is a creative challenge for me and that is something I dearly love. Fingers crossed it will be awesome!