Starting June 1, I will have a new job. (!!!) My husband and I have been frantically looking for a house (and trying to sell our current one) for the last month, and it looks like that part of the process is coming to a close. Yes, literally. May 2 is our current closing date on our New House. We're only moving about 80 miles, across a state line, and we will be Much Closer to a metropolitan city that offers lots of opportunities for an itinerant philosopher and a librarian. I'll be running a branch campus library of a medium-sized community college - I'm very excited, but as always with a new job, approaching the change with a bit of fear and trepidation too.
The other librarians I've met seem like great folks, as do the folks on the campus where I'll be. Even more fun and interesting? I'll be working to set up the Brand New Library. The campus is actually housed in a historic building downtown, and the new library will be a floor of the historic courthouse next door. So the renovations are running apace, and I will get to be part of the set-up and implementation. This will be the fourth such venture I've been a part of, and I'm hoping the last. We would really like to settle down in one spot and finally take root in a community. This one seems like a really good fit - for both of us - the location is good, the timing is good, and so as Julian of Norwich said; "All will be well and all will be well and all manner of things will be well." Amen!
