The Now: June 22, 2021

One thing I like about working from home is my desk area. Halfway through the pandemic, we got a new desk/bookcase for our bedroom. It's a lot nicer than the temporary IKEA table we picked up before our move. The desk is small but I don't need much. Plus, it sits right next to a window. Sometimes, it feels like I'm working in a treehouse. Our unit is on the second floor, but there is an alley with trees and bushes right out our window. This puts some branching foliage right at eye level. It's nice to see nature and the sunshine as I type away. Sometimes birds scary the sh*t out of me when they land on the windowsill - but what can you do.

Now I just need to get around to styling the bookshelf part of the desk... maybe this weekend.
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WORK

• I just logged off the second to last class in our Student Success Bootcamp. While most of the material is more applicable to advising faculty, it's been awesome getting this behind the scenes look at a lot of resources and tools on campus. The faculty chat has also been lively and I've been able to plug the library a few times which is always nice.
• I've got one major section (and a bunch of appendices) left to write in my customer service initiative proposal. As I've been writing, I've had ideas come out of the ether that I needed to wedge into to other places in the document. This draft is real rough so that first editing pass is going to take me hours. But at least I should be able to hand this off to my colleagues for their initial review in early July.
• I'm a third of the way through this year's common read, I Came as a Shadow. What John Thompson has to say is riveting, but I'm not the biggest fan of the writing style. It's come across more like a transcript of audio interviews than a narrative biography. It's not bad, just not my preferred style of writing. I am, however, going to have a lot of good stuff to add to the LibGuide.
• Still making my way through the recordings from the LOEX conference. There are several dozen, so this is going to take me a few weeks.

PERSONAL

• If you read my newsletter (or the Sunday post on this blog), you already know that I got our knives sharpened. That first cut through produce was smooth and easy. I love the cutting feel of updated knives.
• The Husband and my FIL installed an in-the-wall fan to help with airflow in the kiddo's room. It's an interior room and our building is so old there's no centralized HVAC (just exterior wall units). I've been watching our various monitors to keep an eye on temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels. I guess the preservation librarian in my will never go away. The good news is that the fan appears to work and we shouldn't have to prop open her door at night to cool the space down. 
• I'm starting to look at potty training options. The kiddo isn't showing signs yet, but I want to be prepared. I requested Oh Crap! Potty Training from the library and it's ready for me to pick up... so that's on my to do list for later this week. If you've gone through this, I am open to suggestions!

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