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Jun. 30th, 2019 09:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerfulI debated going by the library yesterday. It was my day off but we were hosting the Drag Queen Story Time, which I knew was going to be a huge deal. I ended up texting back and forth with my manager (it was her last day before retirement LOL) and things went relatively smoothly until the the second one started, then a protester came inside the library to start crap. BUT the police removed the man quickly. And let me say I now have a lot of respect for our new board member who was there with his granddaughter and also stepped in-between the shouter and the children. I'm just hoping they post another article with the positive things from the program and photos from the days event (the picture here was from the previous DQST that another of our branches hosted last October).
The staff in charge of the program put their hearts into it 110% and I'm so glad it went well apart from that one tiny incident. Both shows were FULL, so that is over 300 people who came to the library for the program so you can't deny that people wanted to see the program, that they wanted their children to have a fun time and learn that it is okay to be who you are, embrace the real you.
And this is my face as we approach my final week at my current library branch. I'm excited for the change and, of course, freaking out more and more every day. I've already decided that the toughest thing I will make myself do that first week on the job will be choosing which action figures come to live on my new desk to keep me company.
Today, I bid farewell to my manager for the past ten years. She's retiring and we're having a party this afternoon. I've been trying not to cry on her but I probably will today. She's just been an amazing mentor, so supportive, the kind of manager everyone should have and the one I will strive to be like as I start my career in that position.
I'm hoping my final selfie of the month will be with her as my special guest.
...though I should probably go shower or she isn't going to want to stand next to me! LOL TTFN
The staff in charge of the program put their hearts into it 110% and I'm so glad it went well apart from that one tiny incident. Both shows were FULL, so that is over 300 people who came to the library for the program so you can't deny that people wanted to see the program, that they wanted their children to have a fun time and learn that it is okay to be who you are, embrace the real you.
And this is my face as we approach my final week at my current library branch. I'm excited for the change and, of course, freaking out more and more every day. I've already decided that the toughest thing I will make myself do that first week on the job will be choosing which action figures come to live on my new desk to keep me company.
Today, I bid farewell to my manager for the past ten years. She's retiring and we're having a party this afternoon. I've been trying not to cry on her but I probably will today. She's just been an amazing mentor, so supportive, the kind of manager everyone should have and the one I will strive to be like as I start my career in that position.
I'm hoping my final selfie of the month will be with her as my special guest.
...though I should probably go shower or she isn't going to want to stand next to me! LOL TTFN
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Date: 2019-06-30 05:22 pm (UTC)We've been getting a lot of heavily attended programs for the summer too, as usual, but our one humble display by the Info desk is our only Pride-related thing so far.
Side-note: The article mentions glitter beer??? What is that and where do I get some?
You are going to do great in your new position, I know it! And just FYI, I totally cried when my first manager retired. We both did. It was sappy and embarrassing and wonderful. Good luck!
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Date: 2019-06-30 07:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-07-01 01:00 am (UTC)Stacey
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Date: 2019-07-01 01:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-07-01 11:27 pm (UTC)