amycooper | Rocky Start to the Semester

So we lost two clerks over the summer. So we interviewed and filled both positions. One started yesterday, the other will Saturday. They're the late night/weekend hours. Then one of our librarians resigned for a higher paying job in Maryland a week before the semester started. She also worked night/Sunday shifts. So now I'm working nights and training the new night time clerk. Another librarian and I have split the weekends. Furthermore, the semester started and meetings are being scheduled so I have to also come in normal hours. Plus a large accreditation self-study landed on my desk right before the semester started. And I had my yearly review and I...

Yeah.

I've decided I'm taking a me vacation later September. My husband gets away every three months or so for a weekend, often at his friend's camp or to do something or another. And he's been telling me I should for years and while I don't disagree, I really don't have a thing I want to do. In fact, I'm too tired/overworked to want to do a thing.

But I've made the bold new decision to do a mini-getaway for myself where I won't be doing a damn thing except read. I think I'll get a B&B a 30-45 minutes away from home and bring a couple of books and some comf pajamas and read and eat a nice dinner. Maybe get a massage, maybe. That's it.

Cuz I need it.