No More Dementors
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lydamorehouse Yesterday, I had to work. For the entire month of February, actually, I'll be working fairly regularly at the Shoreview branch of the Ramsey County Library. Shoreview just had a huge remodel, which is good in a lot of ways. The old place... well, I think I wrote about it here before. I used to actively avoid working there, because once I was call to the carpet for "having too much fun." Seriously. I was told to stop enjoying myself--(I was listening to music and dancing a little in the stacks.) I mean, maybe it was distracting because I'M JUST THAT AWESOME, but, seriously, I felt like the joy was sucked out of me.
After that, I decided that that particular branch was haunted by Dementors. Any time my boss called to ask me to work there, I had to wash my hair or pretty anyTHING else.
But the new building has a lot of windows and sunshine and that has seemed to, so far, kept the Dementors at bay.
It helps, too, that there's a new person in charge. No more Umbridge. (The previous branch head had a very shrill 'no problem' that had a passive-agressive subtext : "YOU SCREWED UP!" She didn't exactly have the pink kitten sweaters, but she did have that sweet smile that was totally hiding pointed teeth, if you know what I mean.) So, I think I should be fine. I'm a little bummed because the schedule I agreed to interfere with some of my favorite socializing, but mama needs a new pair of shoes, as we say around here. We're going to need a new car sooner rather than later and so we need to put some money in the bank so that can happen BEFORE the emergency break-down.
I also ran into David Lenander, which was a nice surprise. I think that David makes about four fandom-friends that I've run into at various library jobs. In some ways, I'm surprised I don't see more. Then, again, my hours and locations are very random and sparse, so maybe it's more impressive than it seems.
This morning I called my Senators.... again. Lines were swamped, but I was able to leave a message with Franken's office... and went off-script to enthuse to him about how happy I am to see him being fierce. I accidentally signed off with "Love ya!" Oops. On the other hand, my goofy message probably more enjoyable than whatever hate mail he might be getting.
Klobuchar was nothing but a busy signal, so I sent a fax. (As I was telling a friend, I kind of adore how quickly people are coming up with work-arounds to Republicans turning off their phones and/or busy signals. I'm not accusing Klobuchar of blocking calls--she is a Democrat after all--but it's still a good solution when I can't get through.) The nice thing about that was that there was no way to go off-script and I was able to remind her that it doesn't matter if we win. It's not about winning any more, it's about being seen STANDING UP.
Though it was funny. While I was composing the letter, I literally forgot the actual format of a written business letter. I had to look it up! And, I'm old enough to remember actually taking CLASSES in how to compose business letters!!
Sheesh.
Meanwhile, right now, Shawn is testifying in front of a congressional committee..... in the Minnesota Senate. And, technically, she's just giving a committee information about how government records are managed by the state archives, but when she left for work this morning she was nervous, to say the least. I listened to her speech (twice) last night, and I'm sure she'll do great.
I had plans to attend an airport protest on Friday, but I don't know if that's still on now that our attorney general has joined in declaring a stay on deportations, etc. I suspect people will still go. I mean, the Dump and his minions will keep pushing. Like I told Klobuchar, it's our duty to keep pushing back.
No more Dementors.
After that, I decided that that particular branch was haunted by Dementors. Any time my boss called to ask me to work there, I had to wash my hair or pretty anyTHING else.
But the new building has a lot of windows and sunshine and that has seemed to, so far, kept the Dementors at bay.
It helps, too, that there's a new person in charge. No more Umbridge. (The previous branch head had a very shrill 'no problem' that had a passive-agressive subtext : "YOU SCREWED UP!" She didn't exactly have the pink kitten sweaters, but she did have that sweet smile that was totally hiding pointed teeth, if you know what I mean.) So, I think I should be fine. I'm a little bummed because the schedule I agreed to interfere with some of my favorite socializing, but mama needs a new pair of shoes, as we say around here. We're going to need a new car sooner rather than later and so we need to put some money in the bank so that can happen BEFORE the emergency break-down.
I also ran into David Lenander, which was a nice surprise. I think that David makes about four fandom-friends that I've run into at various library jobs. In some ways, I'm surprised I don't see more. Then, again, my hours and locations are very random and sparse, so maybe it's more impressive than it seems.
This morning I called my Senators.... again. Lines were swamped, but I was able to leave a message with Franken's office... and went off-script to enthuse to him about how happy I am to see him being fierce. I accidentally signed off with "Love ya!" Oops. On the other hand, my goofy message probably more enjoyable than whatever hate mail he might be getting.
Klobuchar was nothing but a busy signal, so I sent a fax. (As I was telling a friend, I kind of adore how quickly people are coming up with work-arounds to Republicans turning off their phones and/or busy signals. I'm not accusing Klobuchar of blocking calls--she is a Democrat after all--but it's still a good solution when I can't get through.) The nice thing about that was that there was no way to go off-script and I was able to remind her that it doesn't matter if we win. It's not about winning any more, it's about being seen STANDING UP.
Though it was funny. While I was composing the letter, I literally forgot the actual format of a written business letter. I had to look it up! And, I'm old enough to remember actually taking CLASSES in how to compose business letters!!
Sheesh.
Meanwhile, right now, Shawn is testifying in front of a congressional committee..... in the Minnesota Senate. And, technically, she's just giving a committee information about how government records are managed by the state archives, but when she left for work this morning she was nervous, to say the least. I listened to her speech (twice) last night, and I'm sure she'll do great.
I had plans to attend an airport protest on Friday, but I don't know if that's still on now that our attorney general has joined in declaring a stay on deportations, etc. I suspect people will still go. I mean, the Dump and his minions will keep pushing. Like I told Klobuchar, it's our duty to keep pushing back.
No more Dementors.