Cool Blue!

Dear Diary,

OK...OK...I know I said I would not work over the Holiday but what can I say -- I love my job and so this is fun and technically not work, per se. Anyway, I found this really cool flexible keyboard and I had not seen one before so this can help me with my project so I had to post it so I would not forget ...you know...when I go back to work ;0)

Phew! Performance Evalutation Done!

Dear Diary,

I just finished my evaluation. I get myself worked up before these every year. But I got an incredibly positive review, which I expected but still I get so anxious. But I am doing a Bang-Up job, "YAY!"

I emailed all of my rotation managers and thanked them for their wonderfully positive feedback. I added a special note of thanks to Dwight, for omitting his oft repeated comments "She is a great worker...but ...CRIES A LOT!" Ha! Ha! He still refuses to accept my claims that I am a delicate flower.

I have gotten my posters and badges from Kinkos. I told them, "We don't need no stinking Badges!" but oh well. Now I am jumping into my Blog project.

This RefWorks project is just so fun. It is a lot easier to order posters when the conversation goes:

Caller: "Hi again, it's ME."
Kinkos Rep: "Felicia?"

Caller: "Yes. You guys did such a wonderful job on our last 2 orders...guess
what?"
Kinkos Rep: "You want 10 more?"

Caller: " Yes."
Kinkos Rep: "You got it."

Ha! Ha!

Tomorrow is our last work day before Christmas break. I will try to stay out of the office unlike over Thanksgiving Break.

1 Down ...1 to Go

Dear Diary,

Today I taught one of my two Smart Board classes. It was really fun. I had to keep the energy level up since it was after lunch so I added Music to some tasks and got a lot of willing volunteers. It was a lot of fun and the participants seemed very impressed by the capabilities of the Smart Board. Some did not know you could use Microsoft Office applications with it. And those who have used Power Point with it before still learned a lot.

They were all very impressed by the Recorder and Video Player. Another crowd pleaser was my beloved Spotlight and Creative Pen options. Yippee.

Simultaneously I am working with the team on the script and storyboard. We have finalized the script so now mainly focused on the "Non-copyrighted, roylaty-free" sounds and effects and props and locations. I will be starring in the commercial, ugh...umm...OKAY??? And I will be filmed atop a flatbed dolly being wheeled down the hall....It promises to be quite insane.

I declare, when I was in Library School, I had absolutely no idea I'd ever be doing any of this stuff. This is the Best-EST and Fun-EST (new word) Residency in the world!

Someone asked if I enjoy having so much holiday time off. I said "Most definitely!" Especially because my former boss was convinced that it was vital to human existence that we stay open regular hours on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.

Oh yes, and the bonuses at Notre Dame didn't hurt either!!

I swear I am having way too much fun to be getting paid for this stuff! Shhh! That is our little secret.

Lunch with Father Hesburgh

Dear Diary,

Today I sat at our
Christmas Lunch table
with our Library Director
and THE Father Hesburgh.
Click on his name for his Biography.

Wow!! What an honor!!

Also I learned about this very useful Drupal site. I am still working on creating an ERSA news Blog.

The only way I could love NOTRE DAME more was if it were relocated to South Beach or Miami!