Today is one of those non-stop hoop jumping days that will keep me running. First, I meet the Music Theory classes at 8am outside the Athletic Center and board a bus for the field trip to Sibley Music Library at Eastman. I always enjoy these trips to my old stomping ground where one can inhale the heady atmosphere of classical music stardom.
Between the tour and the archive manuscripts awaiting our attention, we forego even the usual jaunt to Java Joe's. I decide to go right from arrival back on campus to home where I hope to grab both lunch and a rest before stepping into the Instruction Lab to teach students in a writing class how to find books, journal articles, and reputable websites using our resources.
Then I have reference desk duty from 3 to 9 pm, having swapped out time so I could be at the Ash Wednesday service and choir rehearsal directly following. I am still battling this cough thing, and while it doesn't get severe, it does wear you down. I am not sure I will have the fortitude to get me energetically through that whole shift! But I will do what I must.
Thank God, my colleague saw the long shift, and offered to let me off the hook. I work with amazingly caring and kind people. She had come in late because she was teaching an early evening class, and her part was done earlier than expected. She most generously told me to go home and that she would watch the desk until 9. What a loving thing to do. Am I not the most blessed of people?
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