My first day of being a librarian...
... was a blast!! Almost. OK, OK, it was da bomb!!! Sort of...
[rewind to mid-September]
I was approached by 2 of the grant-writers for my grad school scholarship to apply for a certain librarian position. This wasn't the first time I had heard of it, but I didn't apply before because 1.) it wasn't in my field of interest [medical/health sciences], and 2.) the job description mentioned *gasp* instruction... also known as teaching--the one profession I swore up-and-down that I would never get into. Yet, this time around, I was reminded about my notarized commitment to serve 2 years in a local library. At that point, resistance was basically futile; so I applied.
A thorough, 7-member panel interview and meeting with a CIO later, I got the job. Which brings us full-circle to the present: I am a librarian! I'm still trying to figure out how it happened so fast, myself. In fact, today was my first day. Which brings me back to my original point... it was almost a blast, or kinda da bomb. How so?
On my first day of work as a librarian, the library and immediate surrounding area was evacuated to inspect a "suspicious package". I had been there barely 3 hours when the alarm went off and everyone scrambled to get out the building. Security, police and the bomb squad were called to assess the situation--which took another 3 hours. *sigh* So half of my inaugural librarian experience was spent sitting outside--in some intermittent rain showers. And the worst part was, I convinced myself to leave my iPod home today. Again, I say, "Three grueling hours".
After all of this whining, I would be remiss if I didn't praise God for the "suspicious package" being nothing more than a dud. This episode was nothing more than an inconvenience; the day went on as normal. I could have been one of the many people, including Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, with a fanatical death threat looming over my head... I'll just ruminate on that.
So that was my day at work. How was yours?
I was approached by 2 of the grant-writers for my grad school scholarship to apply for a certain librarian position. This wasn't the first time I had heard of it, but I didn't apply before because 1.) it wasn't in my field of interest [medical/health sciences], and 2.) the job description mentioned *gasp* instruction... also known as teaching--the one profession I swore up-and-down that I would never get into. Yet, this time around, I was reminded about my notarized commitment to serve 2 years in a local library. At that point, resistance was basically futile; so I applied.
A thorough, 7-member panel interview and meeting with a CIO later, I got the job. Which brings us full-circle to the present:
On my first day of work as a librarian, the library and immediate surrounding area was evacuated to inspect a "suspicious package". I had been there barely 3 hours when the alarm went off and everyone scrambled to get out the building. Security, police and the bomb squad were called to assess the situation--which took another 3 hours. *sigh* So half of my inaugural librarian experience was spent sitting outside--in some intermittent rain showers. And the worst part was, I convinced myself to leave my iPod home today. Again, I say, "Three grueling hours".
After all of this whining, I would be remiss if I didn't praise God for the "suspicious package" being nothing more than a dud. This episode was nothing more than an inconvenience; the day went on as normal. I could have been one of the many people, including Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, with a fanatical death threat looming over my head... I'll just ruminate on that.
So that was my day at work. How was yours?
Labels: bomb scare, Borg, death threat, first day at work, librarians, new job, Obama
posted by peculiar VIrtue @ 9:49 PM
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