The Now: May 11, 2022

The Husband is away on his first work trip since the pandemic started. He sent photos from his travels for me to share with the kiddo. It's really weird to see wingtip images again. I am looking forward to getting back as close to normal as we can, but they really need to come through with vaccine approval for the under 6 set. I am following that news very closely.

Here's what else has my attention:

WORK

• I posted the first submissions to our new Faculty Research Index. This is going to need a LOT more data before it's even close to done, but it feels good to get those first submissions posted.
• I finished converting all our guides to the new website template. Huzzah! I also created a new landing page to make things easier to find. Up next, converting those last pages to the template and developing some admin material on the backend.
• I finished cleaning up my Canva account. It's so nice and organized. Now I need to keep it that way.
• Working on my two presentations for our local consortium's conference. One is looking at how OER can promote DEI and the other looks at Library 101, our asynchronous library instruction platform.
• Project planned for the summer. I listed out what I wanted to do in the coming months and set priorities. Now I've got a few Trello cards and a printed list posted right above my main computer screen. I'm probably tackling too much, but I'll make as much progress as I can.
• One of my main projects this summer is the data analysis for our research project. We are individually coding our interviews with faculty. It is going to take for-ever. I already have far too many codes, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. 

PERSONAL

• Surviving a few days of solo parenting. So far, so good. The Husband told the kiddo to be extra nice to me. So far, she's cooperating. Two more nights to go...
• Got more details of how to convert my last accounts to our new Trust. Now I just need to do it.
• I decided to go ahead with second weekly newsletter post. I'm doing more strategic planning, writing some prep material, and working on graphics. 
• We had a donation pick-up at our building earlier this week. I weeded my closet and our kiddo's toys. Felt good to clean out some old stuff.

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