Urban Poly Princess

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.