Urban Poly Princess

I am so grateful for so much. I love that there is always the chance to learn at my job. This does have more than its fair share of frustration however. I DEFINITELY don't get paid enough AND I will remedy that situation soon. I am glad I'm going to San Antonio. I need that break and I will start to compile questions for the "big" librarians and/or the ones that get paid well. I still can't believe training is so freaking long. One entire week out of town. One of the best things about this job is I'd like to do it part time and work real estate full time. I want to get it to be a well-run machine that I just need to check up on from time to time. That's not happening until all the books are cataloged however. I want it to meet my necessities but I want my real money to come from real estate AND I want time to teach my Zumba classes, prepare for these AND story time plus other programming I might work on.

I need to write a to do list and write down a plan to work on to get my Zumba certification and then teach at the Warrior Fitness Center. The facility is very nice and I can't wait to teach there. I need to begin practicing and make sure I am fit and can do everything extremely well. I know I need to work on my social life too. There's just nothing happening there. I know I shouldn't keep pushing that aside but I try to attend FHE each week along with other ward activities at least so I do feel I'm doing my part up to a point.

I need to monitor my diabetes. I made the mistake of reporting it when I got my license last now I will forever have to report that and get a doctor's approval to just keep a current license. The clinic I went to charged me over $300. I paid half and then I forgot about it but I need to pay for the rest Thursday. I really love Zumba. Our instructors are awesome. I'm NEVER giving up EMZ even when I do teach my own classes. I'd like to do a class M-F at the Warrior Fitness Center. I have to get my license signed by April 14th to maintain my license. I am going to get a primary care physician then asap or rather next week or maybe even this week because I can use my sick hours for those appointments. Maybe I'm too late for this week but anyway next week should be fine.

I didn't watch Women's conference. I had to work for one of my girls. I haaate working on Saturdays.

 

This morning near the Hill South Gate exit I realized I didn't have my CAC card on me sooo I got off then on I-15 and promptly made my way back home to search for my CAC card. I don't remember taking it in the house so I looked throughout my car and also my bedroom. I figured it was lost so I called Dale to see what I had to do. He reminded me to check the library which I did. I left the card in the reader on my computer.

I went to the West Gate since the South Gate is closed for the next 7 weeks. They told me I needed my Dr.'s license, proof of insurance and registration. My insurance card expired earlier this year and while I tried to retrieve it on my phone, I was unsuccessful. Instead I went to the library in Clearfield thinking I'd have to reset my password but I didn't. I printed the new card then returned to the West Gate where I entered and made my way to the library.

Once here Jose who purchases from our refresh money given to us recently informed me the table I wanted isn't an approved vendor despite being on Air Force Advantage. I went to the Accounting office 3 times yesterday just to buy paper for our printer. All the hoops I have to jump through just to do this well are constantly testing my patience. While it is nice to work for the Air Force there are so many things about this job I find frustrating. The first is how s...l...o... w............. EVERY DAMN THING IS TO COMPLETE. There is not just red tape, there are layers on layers of the stuff - think a gigantic onion of red tape.

Helen and Miranda who is on loan to us for a few weeks, began to be very negative with me. ENOUGH ALREADY!!! I snapped at Miranda and she and Helen came to my office to report how people were complaining ALL day today. Sometimes things happen. We need to learn to roll with the punches. Life is constantly changing and today was an unfortunate example of this.

I looove that General Conference is this weekend. It still arrives EXACTLY when I feel I need it most. At Dale's last staff meeting I asked Larry if he taught CPR and AED. HE DOES!!! He told me to just let him know when I needed to take these since they give CPR certification at least twice a day. I am going to get certified in Zumba and teach on base at the Warrior Fitness Center. I want to teach M-F at 11am. This will give me adequate cardio. Next I'll add my own weight training with my dumbbells at home and then I need to find someplace that'll work for skating. I probably should get knee pads, elbow pads and a helmet before I start that again.

I have let real estate slide so much but I need to get on that too. My brother and I need to start flipping homes and making some cheddar.

There are so many things going on and that I need to complete. I have to first hire a new library aid and then submit subscriptions and renew subscriptions. I know I'd like to get the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News for sure. People often request that. I asked my girls what magazines I should get and one of them said a gossip magazine is popular. As much as I hate to admit it I know she's right so we should get it too.

MWR stands for Morale, Welfare and Recreation. We are part of that Trifecta as the library. We are also getting ADA-compliant doors and a new water fountain with a water bottle spout. Veeery nice!!! I also need to order a conference table, Easter eggs for story time next week and then also finalize my Zumba instructor. I will give Alisa first choice and then I'll ask Satomi if she wants to do it. I need to call Alisa and find out what she says.

The base Zumba instructor didn't work out hard enough I didn't even break a sweat. I certainly don't want her leading Zumba at my event.

I need to rent some more DVDs and hook up the internet so I can return to my Korean drama habit. I just read Dr. Hyman's book on eating healthily. I have improved my diet big time, am making a concerted effort and I didn't miss Zumba last week at all. Eating this way is the best I've found so far because I'm not exhausted for Zumba and I don't feel lightheaded at all. I'm not hungry either. Furhman's nutritarian diet was great in that I didn't feel hungry but I didn't have the energy for Zumba and I don't like that. I want to lose weight AND look great. I'm going to buy some Daisy perfume next. Time to do a little shopping. Sephora here I come.

I missed a meeting just because there was no one else to work at the library. We had our meeting with Mr. C who told me my email was aggressive and that we needed to work together. I asked him if I had a choice and expressed my concerns with how the planning of the kickoff event was handled. We are working together and Mr. C is handling the financing of the event. We are supposed to work TOGETHER, unfortunately I couldn't be at the meeting since it would mean leaving the library without anyone to man the desk. Sooo I will be looking at Share point and hoping everything is included in the notes the way they need to be included.

There are so many demands on my time and it is difficult for me to get things done the way they need to be done. I bought my craft stuff AGAIN. I don't know why they don't get that I'M SPENDING MY OWN MONEY ON CRAFT STUFF AND I SHOULDN'T DO THAT. The alternative is to have a crappy storytime which I'm not going to allow to happen.