A New Leaf

There is not a soul in this library right now and it is very eerie. I both enjoy and loathe when there is nobody in here to talk to! 

As I was typing that, someone came in. Now to deal with writers block. Who am I kidding, am I a writer? Nope. Moving on. 

February was bonkers. As many librarians know, it is time to celebrate what we deal with most. Reading! I Love to Read Month was a great time. A big group of staff members collaborated on different activities, reading challenges, guest readers, celebrations and so on. I was in charge of three things: 

1. Book Swap! Any students or staff could bring in books from home and swap them for other books that other students or staff brought in. It was a great success, at the end of the swapping, I had an announcement made that all the leftover books were FREE! All I could hear was a stampede of tiny feet come crashing through the door. They were grabbing at the books like wild animals. It was the coolest thing I've seen on this job so far. The rest of the books were donated. 
2. Scholastic Book Fair: This was very fun but also very stressful. The toughest part was organizing each class to come in and choose a book for the classroom on behalf of the school board (270 books!) and then another 270 chosen by each student to take home on behalf of our school. The kids' eyes were so bright all week as they browsed through the selection. Of course, the most popular was the boutique items and the school tools. We made a bit of money and got tons of new books for the classrooms and for home. I'm not sure I would do it again next year, as they did not send enough selection or copies of each. What ended up happening was I had to order 20 copies of the Minecraft Combat handbook when the kids didn't choose some of the other books that were part of the book fair. I'm now waiting on another shipment from Scholastic even though they haven't come to pick up the leftovers from last week yet. Quite the hassle. 
3. PICTURES! Lots of photo taking all month long. I had basketball photos, rugby, I Love to Read Month celebrations, Valentines Day and Dress Up Fridays to cover. A lot of late nights and weekend afternoons spent here at work. It's all for an amazing cause however, the yearbook is looking amazing so far, in my opinion!

Now that all of that is all said and done. I have to sort and hand out the rest of the new Scholastic shipment, hopefully arriving this week. Tomorrow is a half day of PD and it doesn't seem to apply to me, since the meetings will be in the library, I will plunk myself in the staff room and get a few yearbook pages finished. Only 17 days until March Break..yes I know, the month just began. It's crazy to think a year ago I was taking days off from my old job to come here for my interview. Life has been a crazy awesome happy emotional roller coaster since! I wouldn't change this job for anything. Okay, too sappy. 

As for life, slacking a bit on the gym but eating healthier than ever, does that help? A few weeks ago my partner and a few of his friends won this crazy trip up north to Churchill this summer. I get to tag along! 2 days on the train each way, kayaking with belugas and tundra buggying around. It will be an amazing way to kick off summer. Hopefully going to get a dog after that!!!! Starting an indoor seed starter garden in the house in the next coming weeks, went to a pottery class, book club meetings, tax returns $$$ woo! All is well. You wouldn't think I'm 23 years old eh? 

Jennie