Oh dear.

It's been a heck of a week. My hubby is ill, change is in the air at work, friendships evolve and change. And I've been saying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Everything seems so small, and yet so big. I don't know how to put it into words, but one moment everything seems so important, and the next moment, nothing seems important. Guess I'll just have to ponder that.
Anyhow, at my favorite of my 3 jobs, I got to work on a report to analyze some citation metrics for a particular division. It was fun to do that type of reference librarian work. It's like being an information detective. I'm glad I got to be a part of that. At my evening medical reference librarian job, I got some really good questions (difficult-to-find article requests, and REAL reference questions that don't involve me unjamming the printer), and have been getting trained to be the backup ILL person. That's been really enjoyable. My coworker, Anya, is a great mentor for things like this. She has even managed to teach me some shortcuts in Excel. Woot! At my newest job, I've continued meeting lots of new people and interviewing them to assess needs of a publication tracking system. I feel like I've got my rhythm with this whole "3 part time jobs" situation, but at the same time, it is a little taxing. Or a lot taxing. Depending on the day. ;) All in all, though, things are going well. I'm connecting with people and learning new skills constantly, and I'm getting paid for it. Life is good. All I need now is for my dear hubby to start feeling better soon.
Oh yeah, one last thing: last Saturday I participated in the Dogwood Classic 5K. Having not run in ages, I was glad that I could alternate between walking and running, and finish with a time of 38 minutes and some odd seconds. I estimate that I ran a little over 2 miles of the course altogether. I felt FANTASTIC the whole rest of the day. I feel motivated to do another one, too. Maybe if I skip the b'fast of Dr. Pepper and Dunkin Donuts I can do even better next time! :p
Ok that's all for now. Peace out!