- I am no longer a Reference Librarian. I am the Team Leader of our library's Electronic Resources Management and Acquisitions team. That's a mouthful, eh? It has been hard so far, but good. I am learning a TON and I work with great people, so that really helps. It is a coordinating position, but it's not technically a supervisory role, so I am not responsible for performance evaluations and all that jazz. I am doing a lot of Interlibrary Loan work, too, which is kind of fun and rewarding in a weird kind of way. I have been stressed but I think I'll really like this job once I get a better handle on what I'm doing.
- The Baby had his 9 month doctor's visit today. It was eventful. He isn't crawling yet, or even pulling himself up to standing position. He doesn't do a good job of resting on his hands and knees. The doctor is kind of concerned. He isn't super behind or anything, but the doc wants to be sure there isn't a problem. I am in favor of early interventions, so I'm glad he is concerned, but I was already worried about Reed Baby not crawling yet, and so now I am really worried! The doctor wanted to send Reed for an ultrasound of his back, just to make sure there wasn't anything wrong. But when the doctor's office checked with the place that does baby ultrasounds, they learned that you really couldn't see much with ultrasounds for babies this size in that area of the body. So they suggested an MRI. Because there is some risk associated with MRI's and he would have to be put under, we decided to wait. Our pediatrician is consulting with someone else, who will try to see Reed and give a second opinion before we do anything else. In the meantime, maybe he will make more progress toward crawling and the additional tests will not be necessary. While we were at the doc, they also drew blood for routine blood work and gave some vaccines (more Hep B and polio vaccines). So after we got home from taking Baby back to daycare, the doctor's office called. His preliminary blood work came back showing him borderline anemic. Our doc is going out of town later this week so they wanted us to go to Children's Hospital to get more blood work done, so that our doc could get the results before going out of town. So I went BACK to daycare, got Reedster, took him to Children's, where they put the saddest little tube in his arm to draw blood (he screamed, yay), then took him back to daycare and now I'm pooped. We should get the results soon though. At least if he IS anemic, that should be pretty easy to 'fix,' right?? I shouldn't worry, right? Well, biblically speaking I shouldn't worry anyways but that is beside the point. I am trusting it will all be fine.
- One day a couple weeks ago I forgot to take my Prozac. The next day, I didn't have time to take it. So by the third day, I thought, "you know, I really feel OK and it wouldn't be such a bad thing to just not be on prozac anymore..." so I just quit taking it. That was probably a really bad idea. You aren't supposed to quit stuff like that cold turkey. I should have been weaning myself off of it, but I just want to be done with it. So it's been a rough couple weeks. I don't want to go into how rough, but I just want to remind myself and anyone that is reading this: don't do what I did. If you don't want to be on your prozac anymore, talk to your doc about how to go off it without turning into a crazy person. Don't be like me. It is not fun to cry at stupid stuff.
- I got to go to Alabama to see my fabulous sister and her family. My goddaughter was getting confirmed, and I got to be her sponsor. It was a great experience-- so glad to get to see my family and eat delicious food and hang out. I left the baby at home with Charles but we are planning a trip soon so we can all go visit.
OK there is so much more that I could write but I have stuff to do, so I'm gonna wrap this up. I hope everyone else is well! :)
