I was in the main office today organizing some things that need to be done in Seattle whilst we’re in wetdock, and at the same time my boss, Amras, and I were chatting about things that are going to be necessary for the upcoming long voyage. Things like which band plays where and when, how many classes in total are being run, how flexible I can be with my scheduling, things like that.
And as all of this is being discussed, our supervisor – who I know very well from other contracts (in fact, I knew him before he was a supervisor), looks at me somewhat sheepishly and says
Actually, Shaughnessy, the only thing I might have to ask of you is …if they send us a completely rookie librarian…you’re probably going to have train her…
Before the sentence is even out of his mouth I am doubled over laughing. Took a deep breath, paused, laughed again, held up one hand and managed a weak
Sure..
Before turning to Amras and saying
Did I, or did I not, totally call that?
Yup…ya did
And it’s true. I had that very conversation both with my parents and with Amras before I left for this contract, about how I had best not shred my old library files because watch, just watch, I was going to need them.
And round and round and round we go…
As I’ve said before: you can take the girl out of the library, but you can’t take the library out of the girl