I love the new job. I know, I’ve only been officially in the position for 3.5 days, but seriously… the days fly by. In my old position, I didn’t really feel like I was truly responsible for anything. As one of four circ desk supervisors, I was the only one who didn’t really have a specific area that I was in charge of, other than OhioLink. I was a backup for Princess where reserve was concerned, and I enjoyed doing that work, but it still wasn’t the same as actually “owning” the job, for lack of a better word.
I’ve screwed up a few times so far and I know it. Nothing that couldn’t be easily fixed, though, and I took care of it. Every day has presented a new challenge or three. Some of them are things that we covered in training; others couldn’t have been predicted and so I had to figure them out on my own. But I did. And it feels great!
So, that’s work.
On the home front, I’ve been dividing my time between homework and genealogy research. The homework is pretty simple. The genealogy stuff is leaving me frustrated for two reasons. First, off the top of my head, I can think of four places I need to visit locally in order to document some stuff (and I’m getting ready to create a new blog just for the genealogy stuff), but the weather has been so crappy that there’s no way I can go. Two of the places are local cemeteries and I kind of need decent weather for those. But the thing that really has me banging my head against the wall is my maternal grandfather’s side of the family. My uncle is very interested in learning more about that side. I can only get as far back as my great great grandparents, though, before the trail goes cold on both sides. ARGH!
When the weather breaks, I’m going to be taking a few day trips to central Ohio, and possibly a weekend adventure or two to southeastern Ohio and West Virginia. Eventually, I’m going to need to go to Pennsylvania as well, but as that’s the branch that’s hiding the most right now, I’m not going anywhere until I visit a couple of libraries first. The LDS have a local satellite branch of their mammoth library in Salt Lake City, and I’m definitely going there before I put any miles on my vehicle.
It’s time for me to get to bed. Still trying to get used to a new sleeping schedule. That’s the rough part.
I hope you’re planning to visit your ex-stepsister during these trips to central Ohio, Nancy Drew!!