Growly

Lots of people around me have been kinda growly lately, and I think it's starting to rub off on me. I just got snippy with someone that I really like. I hate it when I do stuff like that. I'm waiting for him to show up online so I can apologize. Ugh, I've become one of "THOSE people."

In other news, one of our student workers, the Awesome Jessica, got a 'real' job and will be leaving her student position. I am thrilled for her, as she deserves a great job, but I'll be sorry to see her go. Good luck in the Great Beyond, Jessica!

A Change of Plans

Hubby and I were going to go with one of my coworkers and another friend to see the Green Lantern last night. Coworker had to bail at the last minute due to a car problem, but we met our other friend for dinner at Chick-fil-A and got to talking. We decided not to see the movie, but to go out for frozen yogurt instead. It was delicious, we had great conversation, and hubby and I probably saved about $10-15 (his yogurt was free!). I think things really worked out for the best. I want to get my car paid off so badly; I really shouldn't be going around seeing movies willy-nilly. Seeing a movie that I REALLY REALLY want to see might be a different story, and while I am interested in seeing Green Lantern eventually, I am more interested in seeing Harry Potter when it comes out. I guess I need to pick my battles. In the end, I think our change of plans worked out great. Additionally, I didn't get to do my treadmill walk on Tuesday. If we had seen a movie last night, I wouldn't have gotten my walk in on Wed, either. As it was, we had our yogurt and I went home to do a little walk on the treadmill before watching some 30 Rock with my DH. It turned out to be a great evening even though it wasn't what we originally set out for. :) And now I have ~$10 more I can pay towards my car. Every little bit helps!

On a totally unrelated note, there is a super nice man at work that brings people fresh roses for their birthday! Apparently he grows them at home. He has a great variety and they are always so pretty. Today he had a couple extra roses so he gave me one to put at the reference desk. It's a beautiful pink color. He also gave me a business card with his name, an email address for prayer requests, and a quote from Isaiah 40:8: "The grass withers, and the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever." It aslo says 'Blessings! May you be blessed with happiness and good health.' That is just so nice. :) What a nice way to go around brightening peoples' days. :) :) :)

X-Men: First Class

The hubby and I went out last night and saw X-Men: First Class. We don't go out to the movies very often, honestly, because it is soooo expensive. We had a gift card, though, and we've both been wanting to see the new X-Men movie, so we went for it. The movie was really good! Very fun, not too incredibly deep, but I am OK with that. I love character introductions, so this movie was right up my alley. It could've had more mutants and more montages, but I'm not gonna complain. I used to really love the experience of going to the movies, but as I get older, I'm starting to wish I could just have the movie beamed straight into my home. Our concessions (one small popcorn and one large drink) were $11.75. Then there was the hipster sitting near us that I guess just didn't want to wear deoderant. We moved seat, so we escaped that odor, but then ended up behind someone that did not wear shoes, yet wanted to put his feet up on the chair in front of him. Luckily no one was sitting in front of him, but still, that is the place where someone will later be sitting, and it probably going to smell like feet. This guy, my hubby pointed out, must've had an affinity for hobbits. He just had his big ol' hobbit feet propped up like it was the most normal thing in the world. I was so distracted by it that I thought I might go mad, but the movie was good enough and engrossing enough that I forgot all about the Hobbit and the smelly hipster and the outrageously priced concessions. A good time was had by all.

Later this week, the hubs and I will probably go see The Green Lantern with a friend of mine from work. Now our gift card is all used up so we'll be paying cash. I hope this movie is as good as X-men, but I'm a little concerned just because I know next to nothing about the Green Lantern. Fingers crossed for a good show.

Today is Tuesday

I've got a hankering for Sweet Ce Ce's and it's double punch Tuesday! Wonder if I can coerce my hubby into going out for sweets. We've been trying to conserve money so maybe it isn't such a good idea. I guess I'll run it past him and see what he says. I did "cook" last night... mac and cheese. YUM. I think that even if I had a million dollars, I would still adore mac and cheese, from the box, with the powdered cheeese mix. I don't know why it is so delicious to me, but it is.

In library news, it is book buying time! We buy books year-round, but we have a sort of deadline for spending our book buying budgets, and that deadline is approaching. I still have some money to spend but I just saw one of my best customers and asked for some suggestions and he's putting something together for me. Yay! I have some really wonderful customers. Yesterday I got some tricky-to-get articles for someone and he called me a wizard. How cool is that? Pretty dang cool. My customers are the best. :D

OK Well I am gonna wrap this up. Please think good thoughts for me that I might have ice cream, and I will think the same happy thought for all dear readers.

Struck by Negativity

I just read a really interesting blog post by a lady that is a library director at an academic library up North, and despite her great advice to people looking for library jobs, I was put off by her negativity. I understand that she is tired of reading resumes and cover letters, but there are better ways to deliver criticisms, IMHO. Her post was about cover letters and how not to write a bad one. A lot of her advice was good (such as to read and re-read the job description, and answer each required and preferred qualification), but she made several harsh blanket statements (such as 'if you do such and such, we will read it and hate you').
One thing I love about librarianship is how helpful librarians are. We love helping people, helping each other, supporting each other, etc. This lady was not giving off a very helpful vibe. So I just want to throw this out there: if you need help, please ask me. I don't claim to be an expert, but I would be happy to be another set of eyes on your resume or cover letter. I would be happy to give my 2 cents, and I'll do my best to keep it positive. The job market is depressing enough without having some bitter librarian snarl at you from her soapbox.

Yowza.

I have bruised the bottoms of my feet. I think the padding in my shoes has worn too thin. Ouchie ouchie. That is all.