Yesterday marked the end of my first week at my new job.

Whew! What a week!

Granted, this new job at the library is nowhere near as physically demanding as the old one. At least not yet. When I take over story time, who knows what will happen. But I digress. It's definitely not hard, physically. But mentally there's a lot going on. So many different aspects and responsibilities to the position, and all of them getting thrown at me at once!

The first couple of days were a little overwhelming, to say the least. I got the behind-the-scenes tour, I got to sit at my desk (YES!! I have a DESK!!), I got to order some audio books and I got to plan a bit on the first segment of storytimes with one of my fellow co-workers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

I think it will be fun, overall. I'm worried that my storytimes will be a flop, though I found out they are much easier than I was initially led to believe. I bought a hand puppet to be my mascot--a big black lab puppy that I'm naming Poe, after Edgar Allan of course--and I've been looking up book after book after rhyme after song... The research end of this could go on forever.

I also get to make signs and write up calendar events and play with publisher and powerpoint until ideas start bleeding out of my ears.

Doesn't this sound great???