Playing Catch Up

It has been extremely busy since the first of the year. I'm anxious to see how our stats have increased. I'm told we have had a rush on new library card applications. The staff has been busy with training our new part-time Library Clerk and working with an intern. We will be interviewing for another extra help (substitute) Library Assistant next week and will interview for three open extra help Library Clerks very soon. So we have been busy with this.

We have also had some trainings on customer service for all the staff. This has meant more time on the service desks for the professionals. (This is a good thing.) I have also been training in webpage management and PowerPoint, and there are our usual monthly meetings. We had a very successful third Literary Orange at our new annual location at UC Irvine. Laguna Woods celebrated their 10th anniversary of being a city. I also manage our Laguna Woods branch and we participated two events. There have been several personnel reviews due.

All these add up to my time being stretched very thinly. It seems like I have been playing catch up too much in the last month or so. These times are good for taking a few minutes to realign your priorities. This accomplished, the backlog of reports and projects is dwindling. There is some light at the end o the tunnel.