knitting librarian

Today I was feeling ambitious and hoping I was going to get all of my work stuff packed up and ready to move to the high school. I did get most things done, but I’ve still got one box of “clear the counters for summer cleaning” that needs to be gone through and sorted into trash, leave, take, or send. Same thing for one section of shelves, but then I’ll be done. I’ve probably only got another two hours of work left to do, so not too bad.

I have no clue how long it will things to actually be moved to the new building, but hopefully I can find that out soon. Since I’ll have Zoe on Thursday, it seems that Monday’s probably the best day to go and finish things up. If I time it right, I might be able to wrap up at the MS in the morning and head up to the HS in the afternoon and get an overview of what’ll be on my docket there. I’ll have to see if that works for the HS principal.

We got a finalized cost proposal from the builders in the mail today. There are a few things I know she missed and one change we want to make on the fireplace location. I hope it won’t mess things up to much to make those adjustments. I ran the numbers through a mortgage rate calculator and I’m sure it’s doable. happy dance

We just need to have a sales agreement from the neighbor and we’re in business!

Zoe’s home this week because her daycare provider is on vacation. We slept in this morning (Monday and Thursday are AJ’s days for preschool for the summer), got up, had some breakfast and went to my cousin’s house to enjoy the pool. AM is watching his kids on Mondays, so we hung out with her and her daughter and all 6 girls (including Zoe.)

Z had a great time in the pool, seems to be a natural in the water, she actually moved her arms and legs enough to swim off of my hand when I was holding her up at one point. She didn’t fuss about going under water, other than to pull her pigtails when it got wet. I managed to get her covered with sunscreen so that wasn’t an issue, but I forgot to take care of myself and we were out in the sun for about 2 hours at prime time (10:30-12:45 or so) and I’m a bit red at the moment.

Tonight was my knitting night, so after the kids were in bed, I headed out. I’m at the decreases on my first sleeve on Daisy. I should be able to get it done in the next few weeks if I actually make an effort to work on it, but I’ve been bad about being motivated to do much other than during our knitting gatherings.

Tomorrow, I’ve got a meeting in the late afternoon, so I’m taking the kids to Mom’s and I’ll go into school to clean up and pack up my things to be moved to the high school. I hope that they’ll move things for me—I think I should be able to send things via district delivery. I don’t want to have to haul it all myself!

Today we met with the builder about placement of our house on the lot, what trees to take out, how much that should/would cost, and will get a new estimate based on all of that (+4500 for lot clearing, +1500 for vertical geothermal instead of horizontal).

When we got back inside, I realized there was a message on my cellphone, so I called and checked it. It was from the high school principal telling me that I got the hs library job, he’d spoken to my principal and the assistant superintendent and everything is a go. He wants me to rework my goal sheet to reflect the high school position (no worries) and talk with me about his expectations. I called my principal and let him know so he can begin to make plans to interview and replace me. I’m excited! Finally I can really enjoy the summer even as I gear up for the coming changes!

So, tomorrow is our last day of school and then summer vacation officially begins. I really need this vacation—so, I should be spending my first day of vacation doing nothing, right? Nope, I’m going to go check out a new daycare for Zoe and pop by the township building to find out what they need for building permits, etc. for the house. No biggie, I could do that in the afternoon, but I foolishly made my appointment for 10am. At least I can stay home in bed until about 8:45, two hours later than normal.

My big plans for tomorrow? Unplug and defrost my refrigerator, clean off the counter, shelve the books, go to another school to meet with a book rep, back to school for lunch and to meet with our school climate committee to plan for next year. Should be a good day, all in all. It sure would be nice if I’d hear about that job though! I wonder when they’ll tell me something. Maybe by July 1st. Maybe by the time I’m supposed to report back in late August. Whatever, it’s just a job, right?