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I was in the main office today organizing some things that need to be done in Seattle whilst we\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n
And as all of this is being discussed, our supervisor \u2013 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<\/p>\n
Actually, Shaughnessy, the only thing I might<\/u> have to ask of you is \u2026if they send us a completely rookie librarian\u2026you\u2019re probably going to have train her\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n 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<\/p>\n Sure..<\/em><\/p>\n Before turning to Amras and saying<\/p>\n Did I, or did I not, totally call that?<\/em><\/p>\n Yup\u2026ya did<\/em><\/p>\n And it\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n And round and round and round we go\u2026<\/p>\n As I\u2019ve said before: you can take the girl out of the library, but you can\u2019t<\/em> take the library out of the girl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was in the main office today organizing some things that need to be done in Seattle whilst we\u2019re in wetdock, and at the same time my boss, Amras, and I were chatting about things that are going to be … Continue reading