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Archive for October, 2012
Missing my man…busy, busy, busy at my new job…
Oct 22nd
Last week was a real challenge, but I made it through relatively okay. Losing my dear infant grandson at 8 1/2 months of age was devastating, the only peace that I have from this is knowing that he is in the presence of Jesus. Our family is broken by this loss and it will take time to recover. I’m praying continually for his mother, father and sisters that they pull together through this and not implode. They each need to grieve in their own time and their own way and with the help of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit. My prayer is that Loralee and Philip draw near to Jesus and search the Word to find the truth that will heal their wounds. The girls need a lot of love to manage the loss of their baby brother; I grieve that I’m unable to be there, but it apparently was not in God’s plan…I need to get settled in my new position at Remington College.
Today was the first day of classes and it was crazy busy, met a lot of the students and I wish that I could remember all of their names! There are some great students there and they are trying to better themselves and I want to do whatever I can to help them reach their goals, which ultimately, I hope, is further than what they have at Remington. To me, Remington is a foundation for their educational futures. I want to encourage them to DREAM BIG for themselves, some of these students are facing huge challenges, but I know that they can persevere through them…I did and so can they! I’m really excited about my role in the school even though I don’t feel much support from certain people that I report to. Somehow, I hope that I can influence them to change their view of the library and it’s role in the student’s lives. I have a long way to go…but I’ll get there!
I’m realizing that my new schedule Monday through Thursday from 8 am to 7 pm is difficult, but I have to figure out how to get enough rest, eat appropriately, and eventually, when Bobby gets home, make sure that he’s eating right and taking his meds correctly. I’ll get there, but I’m not there yet! It’s only my fourth day at the new job…still in the learning curve!
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It is May 15th, 2013, and I’m re-reading this post, I had no idea what was to come…that Bobby would be leaving me permanently. Somehow, I wish I could have known what was ahead…I would have cherished each moment so much more. There are so many things in my heart that I wanted him to know about, I just didn’t think I needed to tell him yet…I miss him in every way and very deeply. He was really my everything. Jesus has something for me to do, somewhere down the road from where I am now.
Sad, sad news…
Oct 19th
On Wednesday, October 17th, we were called and told that our youngest grandchild had died…he was 8 1/2 months old and died in his sleep. He had three older sisters. So very, very sad…I never was able to even meet him because when he was born I was in school and unable to visit. I still have not met the youngest of the girls either. Bobby (my fiance/partner) went up to be with his daughter, the mother, and her family during this trying time. Praying that Jesus will surround the family with His love and comfort during this challenging time…
Finally, employment!
Oct 19th
This was my first week as librarian for Remington College, Tampa, FL campus. It’s a small library and I’m the lone librarian; no support staff, just me. I started on Tuesday, October 16th. Very interesting week…I’ve been cleaning the entire library and going through the entire collection putting it in order; they use DDC and there seems to be some issues in the collection. I don’t know who cataloged the collection, but with my little experience, I’ve found some serious problems like two copies of the same text with two different cutter tags. I haven’t figured out the library database yet because I’ve been ‘moving in’. Classes start Monday, October 22nd and it will be good to meet the new students. They will all begin their day by coming to the library where their textbooks will be given to them, so I’ll be able to meet each student.
This is going to be an interesting gig…wondering how much support I have from the administration. There is no budget for the library, so no new books can be purchased. The collection needs weeding, especially the computer books…some are from 1997, WAY TOO OLD for this category. I was told that there is only one computer class and they have to study computer history. In my understanding this is a less than stellar collection. I’m going to try and figure out what I can do to change some of these things…we’ll see how it goes.