The past few days

Books about books

Lewis, refusing to believe that I had to go back to work.

Hard to see, but those are new shoes I'm wearing!

Cutest mug ever. Love late Christmas presents!

Cold skies, beautiful sunsets. 

So, I realized that my last post was Monday and today is Thursday. Whoops. It's been a busy few days of getting back into the swing of working, working out, cleaning, and cooking... and watching Friends on Netflix. 

SLJ

Last year I worked on a huge project for my library. I collected video book talks from local celebrities to show my students on the video announcements. It was a long project and a lot of fun to do, but it was a also a lot of hard work. When the project was finished, I sent an article about it into School Library Journal. So many people had loved the project, I wanted to share it with others who might also be interested in collecting book talks. The original article came out online last month and ended up getting such a great response that SLJ published a shorter version of the article in this month's print edition! Since studying to be a librarian, I've had "to be published" on my bucket list. How cool is it that SLJ was the first to put my name in print?

On friendship

About a year ago, Miles and I put down the deposit for our rental house. I began yet another job application and our apartment became a littered mess of boxes and newspapers. We were about to uproot ourselves from Atlanta to Knoxville and it was slightly terrifying... for me, anyway. 

For Miles, graduate school gives you built in friends and support system, but for me-- the wife and outsider-- I had to actually find friends. And let's be honest, the older you get, the harder it is. I was nervous coming to Knoxville that I would be lonely again because it is so hard to break into Knoxville "everyone knows everyone" friendships. 

Instead,

I've been shocked. Life has happened. I was worried that I wouldn't have friends-- a group of girls to relax with-- and it turns out that I was worrying about nothing! I have dinner friends, walking friends, friends that I should really see more of, and even geology friends. It turned out that I wasn't starting all over... I was picking up right where I left off... And it's been a blessing.