Done done and done!

YAY LATI is done. The showcase was great...it really was like being at a science fair. Knowing ahead of time that I didn't have to get up and talk was a great relief. Now it's time to focus on trying to get ready for the building to ...ahem...CLOSE. I've heard this rumor but I don't know how true it is. I'm thinking that we'll get a call from Director John next week and he'll give us 2 days to close up. We WILL be ready.

The night before Show Time

I know I have to get some sleep pretty soon, but I'm sort of wired right now. I'm wondering how much I'll miss going into the LATI website all the time. Not that I'll have more free time. Seems like there's always something else to do. I'm glad it will be available to us for a while longer. I like reading what others have written, and there are 3 staff from Allegany who are doing it now. I remember when Sherry and I first started it, I was calling Pam and Nora (they took it right before us) with all kinds of questions. They were great answering what we asked...NOT answers of course...but it was nice that they calmed fears and all. We're doing the same thing for Pat and Ginny...sort of like being cheerleaders I guess. They all laughed when I told them one of the most memorable things I saw was COFFEE-IN-A-BOX at the first face to face meeting. I had never seen that before and had to ask how it poured. But would you believe that on our way to a TIG meeting last week...we stopped at a coffee bar in Cumberland before we started out and they had them there!! Now if we could only get a Panera here!

MLA

It was funny that MLA was brought up during the conference today. While I was talking to my director before the Board meeting, he asked me if I wanted to go to it! OCEAN CITY!! I've never been there although I was in Salisbury a few months ago for a workshop and saw that I was about 30 miles away from there. It was the first time I went over the Bay Bridge. Twice. Going and coming. Very impressive. So I need to check with him to see about taking the display board with us. I've never been to an MLA convention before but I have attended 2 ALAs...winter one in Boston (YAY ME) and last year the one in DC. After the first one, the lesson I really learned was to watch what I pick up to bring home. There is so much STUFF. I learned to be selective.

Thoughts continued

I enjoyed the telebridge conference today. A couple of the questions that were asked had been in my mind too, especially the question about having to actually stand up and give a presentation at the showcase. I'm feeling less nervous now that I know I DON'T have to... this speaking to a lot of people has always been a bad thing for me. In school we had to give oral book reports at the front of the classroom. I never did complete one because I'd start laughing and couldn't stop. The teachers finally realised it would never happen. I didn't make it back in time for the game this afternoon. I had to speak to our Board of Trustees. What started out as a 10-15 minute presentation took a bit longer than I thought. This wasn't a "crowd" but I was still sweating it. I didn't get back until 5:30 so I missed out. I was looking at my planner this afternoon and I can't believe I have so many outreach programs scheduled for next week. What was I thinking??? The showcase is only days away!!!

Thoughts on the past few months

I'm standing here thinking about all that has gone on in the past few months. Wow. It doesn't seem like it has been months. I know the whole LATI thing intimidated me at first because I kept hearing how much time it took and this made me nervous. Even though we are a small branch, I still multi-task. I'm the branch manager and childrens services, and there are just 2 full time staff: Sherry and me. I was worried that I wouldn't have the time that was required. With a lot of support from my supervisor, Lisa M., I brought our sub Sharon in which allowed me time in the workroom. What a pleasant surprise it was to see that most of the work to be done for LATI was covered by workshops I had attended over the years. The biggest difference I saw was LATI dug a little deeper and was a bit more detailed. It WAS time consuming to finish the resources and it all got done. I'm having fun working on our project: I do not like having my picture taken and I can't stand to listen to my voice narrating photo story. I did a photo story a couple of years ago and didn't like my voice then. It's worse now. Oh well.
....to be continued.....

Last minute things

Well. I finally finished my resources. I can't believe it. I've been checking over the whole gimongus notebook to make sure I have it all and didn't forget something....like a module feedback? I feel like a weight has lifted off of me...this was the hardest part of all I thought. The resources took a lot of time for me, but now that IM DONE it seems well worth it. Again I didn't know how far behind I was until last night. AND...I have noticed that I did forget something after all. Dan. DAN PINK. I never wrote anything about "A whole new mind". Talk about tying up loose ends. I should get back to that one tonight or tomorrow. I am looking for do our project. I don't think it will be as hard as the resources.

Thursday blog

I was reading the first of the "28 day countdown" and I noticed the wonderful adjectives that were used...prepared, excited, relaxed, well rested. Does NERVOUS count???