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i was in a meeting this morning with the folks upstairs who raise money for the library. we were discussing the new map library and ideas blah blah blah because they are meeting with past donors to the library tomorrow for lunch. as we continued to talk it became clear that i should be at the lunch tomorrow because i’m the one who can talk best about what i want the library to be, look like etc. so, i’m going tomorrow. this is my first foray into the world of development - i’m nervous, although i’m not real sure why…maybe because this is an opportunity to have some cool stuff happen for the library and i think it shows how much i care about what happens to this place even after being here for only six months. it really is an exciting time for the libraries here, for the map library in particular and for me career wise.

i also finished writing my first professional article this weekend. it is horrible because i was writing about something i don’t really care about anymore - or at least not as much as i used to and i feel like others have already written what i was writing so what is the point? my mentor has it now for review and i’m hoping she says it is horrible and to can it and we’ll find something else to write about…or she’ll help me get it up to snuff, i’ll submit it, it will get published and i’ll have one article under my belt. hmmm…that sounds like the better scenario to me. we’ll see. but as a comparison, this afternoon it took me about half an hour to write two full pages about the new map library and what i want to see happen etc. where for the other article it took me half a month to write two pages. the lesson? like what you are writing about and it will be much easier.

ok, quitting time. good luck to me tomorrow!