Urban Poly Princess

I am grateful for so many things. I love my life and all the opportunities I have to grow although it does not feel amazing every second of the day, it really is incredible. I discovered there are MANY duplicates on the shelves. I am going to go through them as quickly as possible and rearrange things. It's like the DVDs all over again. Shelf space is being taken up by things I need to get rid of asap. There is going to be yet another huge DRMO delivery. While it felt overwhelming yesterday, I got a bunch done in just a couple hours so I know while it is a lot of work it is completely doable work.

I went to see the museum Curator again about displaying some of the large model planes in the library. YES I am definitely interested. He emailed me yesterday. They delivered one of our play mats there by mistake. Thankfully my name was on the package. Justin and I are going to chat.

I went to the temple this morning to work for the nice lady who worked for me when I went to ULA. I got a lady from the base Wells Fargo Bank to do story time for me. She said she had fun. I am very grateful for that. I bought her a Giradelli candy bar and I'm giving it to her tomorrow with a Thank You card. I feel like there hasn't been enough Marketing for our Kick-off event. Courtney and Eli seemed fine with it. I'm just used to doing MUCH more MARKETING for ANY event I have. I plan to invite EVERYONE I know.

The weather is perfect right now but it changes quickly which I don't like. I am very happy we got rid of a lot of books that need to go to DRMO or the military department that takes our unwanted furniture and/or other stuff. There are so many things I need to do. It is a little frustrating. I wish I had my other worker now. I am delegating work more which is good.

Aimee is going to be my alternate facility manager as well as my safety go-to girl. I hate all of these rules and regulations and I really appreciate my staff who are intelligent hard workers. By assigning this stuff out I am going to have time to order things and plan programming for everything.

I FINALLY set up Internet with Century Link. They will set it up Monday. I am so happy. FINALLY. I kept putting it off because I'm waiting for Google to offer their service but they still haven't done it yet. I am getting Netflix asap and using an HDMI cable to connect to my bigscreen TV that is just sitting there not being used. There were MORE DVDs I had to get rid of asap. I have many to watch now enough even that I need to buy one of those CD cases so I can throw away the DVD covers.

It was so nice to see my niece on Skype this past Sunday. She just got accepted to BYU-Idaho. She begins in the Fall and I want her to go there. She will love it.

I had a hard time leaving from work yesterday. There's just so much to be done and not enough time to do it all. I told my boss I planned to go to ULA even if he didn't pay for it. He said to send him the information and he'd see what he could do. I did and hadn't heard from him so I planned to pay for it but yesterday he emailed me and told me he'd pay for an institutional membership plus my conference fee. It is held in Layton this year which is awesome and rare. I am so stocked. It would've cost me about $240.00 and I was trying to tell him I should be paid for attending the conference. Now I get both without costing me any money.

I am ordering a hundred different books for the library. Our adult book contract ended in September so the sales guy gave each AF library 100 points to spend by tomorrow. They FINALLY as in yesterday got me into the system so I can order this stuff. I am up to 80 but I'm going crazy. It'll be done before tomorrow's deadline which is great although this hurry up and spend before you can't attitude is a little stressful. I know it seems silly to complain about having to spend money BUUUT I am spending a lot of hours doing this on a day I should be completing my Star Wars marathon.

My ward has fast Sunday next week but I need a little extra help right now with some things in my life so I'm fasting now.

I will be so excited to get my library technician. I am going to assign he or her all the stuff I don't want to do like safety, facility stuff, DEFINITELY our cash box and life of the fund folder. I still need to do the stuff like the annoying accounting things that include purchasing supplies, and a billion other things. Maybe I should try to get the slide presenter projector and/or ask Larry what they use in their classes. Our community meeting room would benefit from having something like that. With the conference table we're getting it's going to be very nice.

It is going to be a place we can hold meetings in that is attractive, comfortable and is just a good space. Once I get the model planes and decorate the children's and teen rooms the way I want people will be drawn here. I can't wait to get it all under control. I am so glad Luis agreed to do the Wheels of Wonder event I had forgotten about. The Children's Center and the Youth Center are jointly putting on this event they hold yearly. They asked us to participate and I said yes. I don't want to lose this chance to gain good publicity for the library.

Conference was amazing and just what I REALLY needed. I just watched it with my mother on her television. My favorite talk by far was Elder Bednar. He examined the sacrament and talked about how it is the spirit that refines, that cleanses and sanctifies us. It is by taking the sacrament and renewing our covenants with the sacrament ordinance that we can then be blessed with the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. This constant cleansing is required if we are to retain a constant remission of our sins.

He explained it so clearly and in such detail. We are so blessed. I am so blessed. I leave to San Antonio Sunday morning. I am going to end up missing Puanani's farewell.

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.

I couldn't think of anything else for February so this is it. My boss is back from his TDY where he enjoyed himself. Air Force Libraries are rare from what he said. I told him how annoyed I was at Courtney and how she planned things without my knowledge, consent or permission. It was veeery annoying. He told me the meeting is to tell Courtney how it is and that I am welcome to make plans as I see fit and to talk to Joanne and let her know how I want Marketing to help and assist with that.

We were given 10 minutes to write our thoughts. This is what I wrote:
I will never aspire to failure
I will never award or recognize failure
I will however work on making adjustments faster when I need to do this
Failure is my catalyst and will not paralyze me
I refuse to give failure more time than is necessary for me to regroup, reassess, then move on
Recognizing failure may sometimes be part of my path to success BUT that will never make me seek it
I will not give it undue time - I will take and do what is necessary to get over failure
Failures will be to me as stepping stones not stumbling blocks
I have no problem taking risks. I do not need comfort in failure to propel me to take them.
I will share with my staff as appropriate mistakes I make to encourage them to share things allowing us to truly improve and progress.

This has been excellent so far. I am happy I decided to attend. I'll already met valuable state people who have provided me with their contact information. Networking truly is the most valuable thing to do in an existing career and not just in initially finding a job.

We've heard from former ALA president Maureen Sullivan. She is so accomplished, well-read and many of her ideas were awesome and I agree with them.

A doctor/administrator/instructor from the U spoke about a specific failure of a study.

Now we're hearing from a performance artist. His life is crazy. He's talking about how he did a tortilla reading - he did tarrot card reading for awhile. He called himself the Tortilla Oracle.

He made up stuff on the fly but he has met with people who have been affected by this.

Slow Dance 2009
lady in late 80s are you dancing with anyone? It's been 45 years since I've danced with someone. Success what he thought was a failure. Failures may have other fantastic aspects.

Of course last night was the night I decided to cut things for our craft because I didn't want them to have to be at the tables. I'm not sure what happened. I stayed up to 1:30 am cutting stars for our craft today and then we didn't have the turnout I expected. I hope everything is alright. 24 the first week, 39 the second and then this... 16 sucks ALTHOUGH I am happy with who actually did make it to Story time.

Tonight is ward sealings so I am leaving right at 6pm. I'm not working tomorrow since I'm going to attend a workshop put on by ULA. It is $10 to register for it so I'm not doing that until tomorrow. I think it's essential for me to take lunch so I am sure to read my scriptures each day. It has become easy to slack on something that developed into such a great habit for so many years. I am so grateful for my job. I feel like I can actually progress now.

Today I saw 10 beautiful chairs an office was getting rid of that were PERFECT for my meeting room. Getting Jose to help me has been such a pain that I don't even want to bother anymore. I can't wait to set up both of my rooms which are BEAUTIFUL!!! The lady who is supposed to help me schedule my TDY came over today so I was able to find out what I needed to do. I am excited to go to Texas although I am a little shocked their training is going to take an entire week.

It is about 45 minutes before I get out of here. I am grateful for so many blessings I have and continue to receive. I need to call my supervisor Sister Whiting. Just did!!! It looks like I'll be working the 7pm session tomorrow AND next week. I thought our ward temple night was tomorrow so I arranged to do the 7pm session but it is actually next week. I hope it doesn't mess things up.

It is nice just to be a patron sometimes which is what I'll do tonight at sealings. I like to see which of my ward members attend. Time for me to read a conference talk and then get out of here.

President's Day that is. I am working and have so much to do and not enough time to do everything. My volunteer just finished the last of the books I had to catalog. I am loading more books. Tomorrow I need to get chief Hiatt to come over here and move the shelves. I'm not working Thursday since I'm attending ULA's failure workshop.

Yeah maybe not. Chief Hiatt just lost his son Travis. I have no idea how old he is. Chief Hiatt, his wife and another son are those mourning his loss now. Time to Google. I hope he's alright. DEFINITELY NOOOT going to ask him to move any furniture any time in the near future.

The money-sucking beast is at it again. I changed my ignition switch that almost damaged my starter. Now I'm at Jiffy-Lube where I'm changing a tire rod so my Emissons and Safety can be done and my car can be legal. I'm watching that Korean drama in-between that time.

Story time was muuuch better now that the initial anxiety is gone. Entertaining toddlers is tougher than it looks buuut really not that difficult. We did our old standby head-shoulders-knees and toes. That's the part when participation is at its premium.

I complained to a couple of very nice volunteers who gave me fantastic ideas about simple crafts to do with the children. That part of the day was peachy.

Yesterday Courtney got on my last nerve. Marketing said they'd help with the Summer Reading Kick-off. Help, yes - plan without my approval and knowledge???!!! Oh HELL NO!!! The Airmen Leadership School has executed it for the past 2 years WITHOUT marketing's help AND it was completely the library's plan FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS!!! AS IT SHOULD BE. Courtney is the special events coordinator. NOOOT the person who plans events for the s Courtney not only held a meeting I wanted to scream at, she also chose a craft and arranged with the youth center to have their classes attend and do presentations. All of these things are good ideas HOWEVER none of these things were approved or even run by me until AFTER the fact. Today I asked her who told her to plan my event???!!! She couldn't really answer that satisfactorily. Instead she told me Mr. C wanted to meet with us. I don't see why we had to involve him especially when he was on vacation. I called her and told her he was on vacation but she said he was here. I told her Dale is going to Texas for him so NOOO he's not here. She insisted he was and sure I could be wrong but I don't think so.

We have a meeting scheduled with him for the 23rd. An entire week before we settle this.

I had 24 children and I think 7 moms. We read Raymond Biggs The Snowman, sang once there was a Snowman, Snowman, Snowman, once there was a snowman tall, tall, tall - In the sun he melted, melted, melted in the sun he melted small, small, small.

I found a picture online from the book appropriate for coloring, cutting and then gluing on a piece of paper. I never thought I'd be doing Story time EVER although I am glad for the experience and it will make me more versatile.

I am sure however I will not dedicate my librarianship to Children. Administration is where I belong.

I just met a sweet girl from Hawaii. She had the light of Christ in her eyes. I am definitely sharing the gospel with her when I see her again. She is here for a DAU class and she meets near the Starbucks and/or West gate. I love that she had the spirit and that I can recognize it in her. I'm going to catalog a few books then put things away. I want the guys to move my shelves so I can set them up then go and get the glass shelves. They are not moving on them the way I want them to do that.

So I held my first story time with my 0-3-year-olds. It went well ALTHOUGH it is difficult to tell for sure with that age. What was nice is the moms attend too so they also pitch in and help.

I noticed they wanted people to apply for Salt Lake City Board member positions. I sooo wanted to do that so I applied for the library board. I know I'm perfect for that position. Not only do they not have a Polynesian there I am ideal because I work at Hill AFB. There is no conflict of interest as a result.

I noticed Helen's message when I rose this morning after 8am. She had a sick baby and couldn't come in today. It was snowing pretty steadily but it has finally stopped. I turned on the curb I couldn't see since it was covered in snow when I got here at 10:05. Luckily no one had come to the library yet. My first patrons arrived when I was trying to figure out how to get my car off the curb.

Since I couldn't figure it out, I asked my first patron to help me push my car. He helped and this guy jumped out of his car to help. He was invaluable and helped me free my car in under 5 minutes. I am grateful for their help. It hasn't been very busy. I can't believe how many patrons I've had already. The computers are very popular.

Now I finished work at 4:30pm but I'm going to sit here and watch the rest of this episode of a Korean Drama -Young Pal.