2016: Day 180

My signed book haul from the ALA conference. :D

It was pretty incredible. 

2016: Day 179

My little doofus has spent the day napping. All that time running around her grandma and grandpa's house must have worn her out. :)

2016: Day 178

Snuggle time with my snuggle buddies. ❤️

2016: Day 177

Our little group of youth services librarians. Thank you Spectrum for all of the amazing opportunities and experiences we got to have this weekend. I feel so blessed to be a part of this cohort. #alaspectrum

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2016: Day 175

It's Mo Willems!!! 😁🎉

2016: Day 174

2016: Day 173

I ended my last shift at the Champaign Public Library hours before hopping on a plane to Orlando. I will miss my fine-exempt staff library card, but will relish forgetting the locker combination I never could get quite right.

(For yesterday.) 

2016: Day 172

For Tuesday, a long and a hard day. In which I both picked him up and dropped him off at the airport. 

Still, in this moment I was glad to have him beside me.

To meeting again in happier times. 

2016: Day 171

My coworker made me going away cookies. ❤️ 

I am going to miss working with such great people. 

2016: Day 170

Last Friday was my last day at the Douglass Branch Library for a little while. The staff there threw me a little going away party, with cake and a card and this cool new bag. I have lots of leftover cake and my heart is very warm. :) 

(For yesterday.) 

2016: Day 169

She had no interest in getting her nails cut.

"Claws? What claws?"

2016: Day 168

I found this awesome little flyer at work today. I was from 1996, and it answered questions like: What can I even do on the Internet? ("Make travel reservations at any time of the day or night.") What computer specifications do I need? (11MB of free disk space and 8MB of RAM.) And, how much is the Internet going to cost me? (5 free hours a month and then $2.50 for every additional hour.)

Who would have guessed what our lives would be like 20 years later. 

2016: Day 167

I saw this street art on my way to work this evening. I have been working quite a bit lately, but soon my hours will be shrinking. 

2016: Day 166

2016: Day 165

I found a story in the dumpster. 

2016: Day 164

2016: Day 163

This day was full of cute little bugs. 

Welcome to summer.

2016: Day 162

For yesterday. Robin didn't want Emily to leave. 

2016: Day 161

Hooray for trash TV and yarn-type crafts with these two! :D

2016: Day 160

I spent some time stalking this duck today.

I wanted to be his friend, but he was not interested. 

2016: Day 159

This is my very happy face. 

I am overwhelmingly excited to announce that, as of today, I am now the youth services grad assistant at the Urbana Free Library! 

(I knew that interview went well. :D)

2016: Day 158

We were apart a lot last month, but now we are back to our regularly scheduled nap times. 

2016: Day 157

We said goodbye today, until the next time long distance becomes short. 

This week marks a year apart. 

Love you still Jake. 

Sappy post complete. 

2016: Day 156

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2016: Day 154

Time for another exciting addition of "Is that library material still relevant?"

I think that my weeding skills will be greatly strengthened this summer. 

2016: Day 153

My "I had an interview today and I think it went well" face. 

(I take too many selfies in my car.)