I'm heading back to blogger from my 1and1 blog (using wordpress) and so here's what I posted during that brief excursion from blogger... getting old September 23, 2006 by radiantbeth. time seems to be flying by, but i know the truth is that i’m riding every minute and it just depends on how mindful i am of it. my birthday has come and gone (leaving me with a new camera and no excuse for no new pics for flickr and zoto, though i’ve somehow still neglected to upload them) and it seems like half a school year has already flown by while at the same time, it seems to have just started. i suppose the sense of time flying has come from the extreme busy-ness of each day at work. i feel like i can’t catch my breath and get things done. the lib sci classes are occupying more of my time than i expected and i feel like a full time teacher with a whole slew of library “stuff” to get done at the same time. i feel like i need hat rack next to my desk so everyone passing by can see what hat i’m wearing and which ones are being neglected. who knows what good that would do, though, but at least it might remind me of everything else i’m not getting done. i still have a good feeling about this year and i just hope that i feel like i have some control over it soon. we’re in the midst of our library inventory and i’m still working on the school equipment inventory. i also feel embarrassed as there’s been no substantial update to the school webpage this year thus far. meetings occupy my evenings though i’ve already started my evening hours and i feel like that extra paycheck is going to suffer in that regard. in other words, it’s busy and my calendar is full and you know what? do you truly know? i love it! yes, i feel so lucky every day to have the position i do, to be surrounded by the people i am, and well, i can’t believe that my first real job in my professional career is such a perfect fit for me. new beginnings August 27, 2006 by radiantbeth. school started back on friday. trevor starts a new job this week. i’m trying to get refreshed and inspire myself - both in my life personally and with my professional life. i have high hopes for my library science class. i completely redesigned the structure and with the new faces i met on friday, i’m truly excited. there’s so many possibilities in the air this year. i have heavy responsibilities, as always, but it’s just a joy. then there’s the matter of finding time for everything (friday FLEW by!) and well, i’m not going to stress what i can’t control. i’m also incredibly psyched about trevor’s new position. i won’t write much here at the moment, but it truly is going to mean that so much is going to change in how our life is right now. sounds like high expectations, but truthfully, things must change because of this. we’re so happy and now i keep willing the phone to ring so the next step can be taken. i want to be in the midst of the rhythm and not anticipating it’s beginning. soon enough, i know. finished reading two books today. one, jonathan carroll’s the marriage of sticks took me less than 24 hours (less than 17 hours, really) and the other, what the bleep do we know?! took me a few weeks longer. can’t speak enough for the second book and can’t speak highly enough of jonathan carroll. this is only my second book of his i’ve read and i can now say i’m definitely hooked. raleigh August 10, 2006 by radiantbeth. it’s so wonderful to be here in raleigh with our close friends and their two amazing kids. it was an extremely last minute decision to head up here and i’m so glad we did. i head back to work in a week and as this weekend was out for going anywhere, what better time to go than mid-week?! lots of good things seem to be happening and for some “odd” reason, i’m extremely excited about heading back to work. who would have thought? *smile* i guess it’s not just work, but lots of things that will be going on in the next few months and the energy i’m feeling thinking about it just feels vibrant and wonderful!