2010

Wow. It has been a heck of a year. As many of you know, September 2009 I was transferred from one library branch to another about 45 minutes further away, and my job changed from teen services to youth services. While I enjoy what I do, the geographic location of this job did not fit our plans for living in Cincinnati, buying a home, etc. So I spent the next many months job hunting. In the midst of this, I also planned this little thing I call my wedding, which was in April 2010. Needless to say, it has been a busy year. But shortly after returning from my honeymoon, I had my third and final interview with another library system. They then offered me the job as a Children's Team Leader, which I enthusiastically accepted. Beginning on Monday, July 5, I will lead the team of Children's Services, birth through teen. I am excited and terrified and cannot wait to start.

However, all of this excitement has not kept me from thinking of my current system. I had planned to work in this system for many, many years to come, but this transfer changed that. Still, I have had many fantastic library experiences and met so many amazing people, both patrons and staff. If anything, I am most sad to leave my coworkers. These are some of the nicest, hardest-working people that I have ever met. There are even staff who I have never met but know that they are wonderful simply through emails and phone calls. Facebook will help keep in touch with these people, no doubt, but it will not be the same as talking to them every day, as making faces at them as they walk by, as sending random chats on gtalk throughout the day. While I am sure that my new job will have awesome people as well, I will remember the great people I have worked with here. I will now get off my soapbox o' cheesiness.