Karma?

My day in work today was going really well, until the last fifteen minutes of my working day. Over the four and half years I've been working at my place of work, I've dealt with a lot of crap. But never ever has anything brought me to tears, until today. I managed to hold it …

The Library

Despite working in a library, I don't really tend to borrow any library books. I'm not entirely certain why. There's a library about 10 minutes drive for me, with decent enough parking if I go there on a weekday. I've always put myself off because I've lost my library card. I took it out of …

The Sunday Where You Know Things Are Going To Happen

It's officially *potentially* the longest title on this blog, but it is true. I should have known it was going to be a strange Sunday when I went to the bookswap to drop off some books and someone had completely filled it with Mills & Boon-esque romance novels and Historical fiction novels. I carefully slotted …

Upsetting

So, this is probably a tired rant for some of you that've been following my blog for any length of time. Or perhaps it is a new thing for you. But, for those of you who are new here, I'll just give a brief introduction to my job. I work as a Library Assistant in …

The Library

Working in a library (or in my case an academic library) isn't as plush a job as sometimes it's made out to be. When I graduated from my undergrad and saw a job posting for my library, I was actually really excited. I love books, and working with books was a big deal to me. …

A Strange Occurrence.

So, today at work, a student thought appropriate dress to go to the library was his underwear. You read that right. He came to the library in his boxers. When questioned by my manager, he got sarcastic and said it was okay because he was wearing TWO pairs of underwear. I'm still slightly baffled. The …

2 down, 4 to go.

This week is a hard week. Considering I'm going straight from the pressures of submitting my dissertation, this week is going to be hell. As I mentioned before, this weekend, I'd agreed to swap shifts with a colleague and work Saturday. Normally, this would mean I would get a day off at some point this …

A Library Work Out

An early night seemed to do the trick for whatever was ailing me last night. I was asleep before 9pm, and I woke up a few times sweating like crazy, but also freezing cold, then this morning, I woke up decently well enough. I mean, I still woke up tired, but at this point in …

Late Night Saturday

As much as I'd like to believe the title of this post relates to me being out drinking, it sadly, does not. My idea of a fun Saturday is *obviously* spending it in work till late. I mean, I don't really have a leg to stand on with complaining about this one, cause I offered …

Eric the Squirrel

So, on my breaks in work, I've started feeding the birds and the squirrel. My university is on a park, so naturally, we get a lot of wildlife running around the campus. For example, last week, we had a seagull in the library. A not so little baby one who just wandered in as if …