A number of people I’ve spoken with or have seen on social media are doing spring cleaning projects during the coronavirus. Me? I feel like I’m working overtime to keep everything up and running. And that’s even though the library isn’t even open right now! Which means, now that’s it’s…

Even as busy as it’s been over the past few days I finally finished a book! This is a huge accomplishment because the past few weeks have been so crazy and honestly the last thing I want to do at night is to open a book. But finally, I finished…

Yesterday was my first official work from home day. I’ll tell you, I feel a little more relaxed knowing that we’re at least at this point for two weeks now. The stress of the unknown every day was getting to me for sure. Never knowing what the next press conference…

Yep, that’s right, I’ve got a new roommate! And I bet you’ll never guess who/what it is! This is Tera, the library’s red-earred slider. He’s lived at the library for about ten years and absolutely loves people! We’ve been closed to the public since March 13th, but have had staff…

I’ve finally found something that gets my mind off of COVID-19 even for just a few minutes – a jigsaw puzzle! I loved doing puzzles as kid, but rarely do them now as an adult. And every time I open one up, I realize again how much fun it is.…

It’s hard to write about things other than COVID-19 as it’s affecting people everywhere and really challenging people in everyday life. But, in the midst of all the stressful craziness, I am trying to find the positives. And this past week, I’ve definitely talked with more friends and family that…

I’m going to take advantage of the Slice of Life blogging community to share my next blogging challenge that begins on April 1st! I’ve participated in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge since 2016 with a wide variety of themes from storytimes to leadership qualities, to programming and…

My partner is a freelance documentary and photojournalist. Which means he’s always meeting really interesting people while getting the chance to pursue his dream. As his girlfriend, I’ve helped a lot with different projects. We’ve covered a few weddings of friends and human light stands make his job just a…

I started my day waking up from a nightmare… not just any nightmare but a combined work and coronavirus nightmare. In my dream, all the department heads of my township were in a meeting in too small of a room with the Chair of the Board. And as I’m beginning…

I don’t think I’m quite at a “new normal” because this week has definitely been weirder than most. The library is closed to the public, but the staff is coming in every other day to get some work done. So rather than my typical fully staffed library, every day I…