Seven years ago, the mother of a young patron at the branch I was working at asked if her son could meet with me to learn more about being a librarian. We set a date to meet, had a great conversation and I thought that was the end of it.
So I was surprised when they were recently able to track me down and ask for another meeting. Turns out that young man is now in Grade 11, thinking more seriously about his future career options and that meeting had stuck with him!
We had another visit, I gave him and his mom a bit of insight into the current state of the profession and he even got to witness a real live library incident (“Uhm, have you thought about academic libraries by any chance?”) 😉
I suspect this would change pretty much every time I do it. So many good teams this year and always possibilities for upsets (Go Kings!), one of the Canadian teams to bring the Cup home finally (Go Jets!) and Cinderella runs (Go Isles!)
Sasha went to a recently opened trampoline park with a bunch of friends for her birthday…
Pace did his driver’s exam (didn’t make it but examiner said he did he really well and it was mostly mistakes due to nerves that caused him to fail which is apparently the case with 3/4 of first-time drivers according to one person I talked to at the testing centre)…
Oh, and we bought a new to use 2022 Honda Pilot which is the newest car we’ve ever owned in our lives (I’m currently driving a 2006 Ford Fusion and Shea was driving a 2013 Town and Country van but in anticipation of Pace getting his license, we thought it was time for another vehicle in the family.)
