Monthly Archives: September 2009

Leaving the library

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As of next week, I won’t be working in the library organization of my company any more.  My team, which focuses on enterprise search and taxonomy, will move into a centralized IT organization.  I’ve known about this possibility for months and knew that it was a possibility when I took this job about a year ago.  Although I am proud to be a librarian, and will always be, I am actually glad of this change.  My hope is that with this move, we will finally have significant support and broader understanding of our roles and mission.  It didn’t have to be this way, of course.  One of the reasons I was interested in working in the library in the first place when I interviewed there 3 1/2 years ago was the fact that they “owned” enterprise search.  However, it has become clear that our group would have a better fit in the centralized IT organization, and that is what will happen.  It could be “from the frying pan into the fire” as we sometimes say, but at least it’ll be something different.  I will miss many friends as we move to a different building in a different campus of the company.

A Visit to Wrigley Field

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I recently went to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field for the first time, ever.  (This was only the second time I’ve visited a baseball stadium in my life.  The first time was a Cardinals game at the old Busch Stadium back in the ’70s.)  It was pretty special even though the Cubs lost the game to the Milwaukee Brewers.  Check out photos of the visit here.  To see a panoramic view, click on the thumbnail image below.

Wrigley Field Panorama

Keegan’s surgery and more

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I haven’t written here in quite a while even though a lot of different things have been happening. One that happened today is Keegan’s surgery.  Michele is still at the hospital with him as he is in recovery.  Michele called a while ago to say that the doctor said the surgery went well; that his ACL was completely torn, and he also had to repair one of the miniscus.  I’m relieved that it went well. He’ll have an eight month recovery time, at least.  Keegan has been very anxious about the surgery so I think it is good for him to finally have it over with.  Now, perhaps the hardest part, full recovery, begins.  He’ll be out of school for the rest of the week, and we’ll see how he does over the weekend before we let him go back next week.

I’ve been taking lots of photos and posting them on the photos page, so check them out.  There are photos of a trip to the Bristol Renaissance Faire, a nearby park, Labor Day activities, and more.  I really like my new Nikon D60, a birthday present.  I haven’t even begun to figure out all of its features but am especially looking forward to having it on hand when I go to the Boundary Waters for a week in the near future with my brother, Dan.  Aside from fishing and hiking, I am most looking forward to the opportunity to take lots of nature photos with the new camera.

Last weekend we put in a new Pergo-style floor in the lower level of our house.  It’s a lot of work but the end result is worth it.  Now we need to paint!  I am sick of having the yucky, bland, off white, as-cheap-as-can-be, new-house paint everywhere after living in our house for over three years.

At work, things have been quite hectic.  Remember that scene from the original Star Wars movie where Luke, Leia, Chewy, and Han Solo are in the giant trash compactor and the walls start closing in?  That’s how it feels right now at work.  In a few weeks, my team will be moving into an entirely different organization and although it is good to finally have more definition about what will be happening, and the move will be beneficial, it will still be stressful.  Plus I’ll be sad to leave many library colleagues who have become good friends over the last three years.