A light-hearted post to counter the one from Monday.
Yesterday a kindergartener got mad at me, narrowed his eyes, and hissed, "I'm going to give you a vampire for your birthday." And I thought IH was the only place to get gems like that.
As I drove on a major highway in NJ on this sunny morning I saw a white van pass me by, and the weather and the time of day made me a little nostalgic. Partially because I was driving alone and partially because I couldn't half-nap because of the afore-mentioned solitary status.
Here is a list of reasons why I am excited about going to grad school/becoming a librarian:
I like taking notes in black, inky pens.
I like new notebooks.
It's going to be nice to go from kindergarten to a classroom of smart adults some days.
I feel like my adult life is really shaping up.
I get to use a gym for free again.
I get to take a class called "storytelling" and one about gender and culturally-sensitive books for children.
I will not have to give up my love of fairly intense jewelry to fit in with a corporate environment.
I can perfect my dirty look/shhhh-ing sound in a professional environment.
I will get to do messy art projects with kids.
Also, scavenger hunts.
Also, puppet theater.
Also, book clubs.
Also, movie discussions.
Also, anything I want.
Which means that my wide spectrum of interests and passions can all be included into my daily life. Does it get any better?
But I don't have to do the constant hounding of kids to put away toys, etc., like I have to do now.
My favorite parts of kindergarten right now are reading whatever books I want to the kids
As my sister once said, being the children's librarian is like being the good cop vs. a teacher being the bad cop.
Maybe I will get my own office where I can put this.
I can be as weird as I want, every day at work. Or as normal.
I get to be a professional book-recommender, which is one of my favorite things to do now
I can buy nerdy shirts about how important it is to love your librarian
The only down-side I see so far is the fact that being a young adult librarian probably requires me to read the Twilight books.
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Being a childrens librarian allows you to secretly love the Twilight books by saying, "Well, I think that it is really important to read what they read so I can use that knowledge to foster a love of learning and go with them down a wonderful path of literacy. And, you know, I get to be a hot librarian vampyre for halloween.
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