In Limbo

I know what I'll be doing on April 30...graduating from college after 5 years of extremely hard work (ok, that one year at Spring Arbor was a piece of cake but the other 4 at the University of Michigan make up for it...).  I'll be the first person on my mom's side of the family to graduate from college!  And I know what I'll be doing on August 5...marrying the love of my life.  But in between those two dates?  Limbo.  I'm not sure if I should be looking for a full time job just to tell them that I need 2 weeks off in August?  I'm not sure if I should stay in Ann Arbor for the summer or move home to save $?  Should I work a few part time jobs so I can relax for once in my life and spend time going on family vacations because this would be my last chance?  What to do...what to do?  I wish someone would just tell me what the right thing would be.

Jub Hunting

Ahh!  This is so difficult!!  Why is the federal government job website so confusing?!  AHH!!!!

phew, I feel better :)

Interesting News

I saw this story this morning on Yahoo and thought it was really interesting.  Working at Clements has put me in contact with a variety of old letters and documents and its interesting to think about the journey those artifacts may have gone on to finally settle in Ann Arbor.  Of course, I'm sure the University wouldn't have anything knowingly stolen, just as Haverford didn't realize :)  But its still cool to think about where some of the documents have been, how many hands they passed through, if they spent a while trapped in a box in someones attic or were just barely saved from being thrown out.  While the actual historical value of the document is interesting by itself, when these events of traveling are considered, they become even more important in a historical sense.  Each artifact potentially comes with a story that goes beyond simply the story of why it was written or created.  I think old stuff is so cool :)

Work and Sunshine

Wow!  I can't believe how long its been since I've posted!!  I guess spring term is more work than I thought it was going to be but at least I'm enjoying my classes.  Work has been wonderful.  I can't believe how much stress the Children's Center and Campus Information brought to my life.  I haven't felt this healthy and happy since before I started working at these two places.  Being on substaff at both of them has given me a measure of control over my time and life in general.  On the other hand, working at Clement's has been incredible as well.  I finished the link checking project and have moved on to a digitizing project.  Which is a fancy archiving way of saying that I scan documents and create pdf files of them.  I love the stress-free simplicity of the project and the ability to work at my own pace.  The women who work in the office there are simply wonderful and I love just being a part of the activity that goes on at the library.  I'm also enjoying skimming through the documents that I'm scanning.  I'm working through boxes of the Clement's library biannual newsletter, The Quarto.  They are full of fun articles highlighting interesting holdings at the library or recent acquisitions.  I can't believe how much cool stuff related to history that the University of Michigan has!! 
Oh, and in the food arena of my life, I improvised dinner tonight and it turned out wonderfully :)  It wasn't very photogenic but here's the recipe that I created: 
Pork Chops in the Crock Pot:
1. Place 2 (or more) thawed pork chops in the bottom of the crock pot
2. Sprinkle liberal amounts of Lawry's salt on both sides of the chops
3. place several pieces of onion on top of the chops
4. Pour 1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup on top of the chops
5. Sprinkle a little more Lawry's and some dried basil on top of everything
6. Cook on low for 8 hours
7. Eat a delicious meal at the end of a long day!!!
total prep time=around 10 minutes

Springtime in Michigan

Means that its raining.  And freezing.  Ugh.  This weather does not motivate me to get things done and I have a to-do list a mile and a half long...beginning with unpacking my life.  Most of my worldly possessions are in boxes and bags piled all over my new house.  Unpacking is such a daunting task that its taking me a while to get to it.  In fact, I showered at B's house last night because setting up my bathroom seemed like too much work...haha, so pathetic. 
On a work related note, I'm loving only subbing at Campus Info because its given me so much freedom to plan my days and weeks!  Also, getting into the Clements stuff has been really fun so far...I've been using the Wayback Machine to find out if old links on the old culinary archive site are still active.  When I find an inactive or broken link, I try to track down where it moved to.  Its been fun in a 'wow, I'm amazed at my internet searching skills!' kind of way :) 
On a not so fun note, wisdom teeth out on Friday morning.  Not. Looking. Forward. To. That.  Ugh, I hate teeth related things...I'm totally freaked out by the thought of holes in my gums where my teeth used to be.  Ickyyyy....