The Now: March 22, 2023

I just spent an hour outside hoping to talk to students during a "roving reference" session. I timed this session to overlap with our weekly sprit event on the campus plaza. There are lots of students who show up. Unfortunately, as it turns out, today there was no spirit event. Bummer for talking to students. At least I got a chance to enjoy the gorgeous weather.

Here's what I'm working on.

1. Email Dig Out: Between a few days out of the office and a conference, I am two weeks behind on my email. My inboxes are a disaster. After triaging earlier in the week, I'm now slogging my way through everything else. Mostly, it's just scanning and deleting, but I have uncovered a few action items and things that I need to file away for later. Fingers crossed I finish this project today. I'm very ready to be done with it.
2. ACRL Conference Follow-Up: The conference was great! During it, I made the genius idea to just have my "brain dump" note open. Any time I thought of something to try or review, I made a note. Now that list is super long. I'm clearing out the list and project planning as I go. I'm also working on post-conference logistics like following up on conversations, looking into vendors that intrigued me, and submitting all the expenses paperwork. Also, for funsies, I hung our conference presentation poster in our office. It looks great! 
3. ​Life Management: With all of the chaos in our schedules, our home and life has gotten a bit messy. Each night, I'm trying to clean things up a little, work on projects, make appointments, and all the other life admin. If it weren't for the fact that I've already been out of the office a lot recently, I would take a day off and just knock this all out in a day.

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