Almost Librarian No More

I was officially crowned a librarian today. I am now the Youth and Children's Services Librarian at the River Center Branch Library, which is the same library at which I currently work.

I'm a little apprehensive about being a Children's Librarian. I will have to read stories to groups of kids. Everybody tells me I shouldn't be nervous about it since I play music in front of people all the time. I guess they won't throw tomatoes at me; we'll have to see how it goes.

A couple summers ago I sang some songs and played some guitar for a children's summer program. I was very nervous, but it went pretty well. The children were singing along with me to "You Are My Sunshine" when I asked them to see how quietly they could sing. It was the most angelic sound ever. It gave me goose-bumps. But then I made the tragic mistake of asking them how loudly they could sing. They almost tore the roof off the place. My ears are still ringing. So I mark that off (loud singing) in my list of things not to do with large groups of children.

Now you will notice a change in my description in the sidebar. I'll no longer call myself an "almost" librarian. I'll simply be a librarian.

And with the extra pay, I can now afford to get guacamole in my burritos.