Learning to Swim in Mud

As you all know my college is tanking. Slowly. Painfully. Taking several jobs with it, including mine. There is a glimmer of a chance of three fourth time employment, but not as the librarian. I'm not going to lie, with the economy, gas prices and lack of open entry level jobs, I find myself asking again:

Is it worth staying in library science?

It's a career I love. I love research, I like helping people and I even enjoy all the silly buzz words. If I ever got o go to a library conference, I'm sure I'd like that too. But I want to be an academic librarian and it just seems like entry level jobs are tough to find, require multiple degrees, languages and skills for very low pay. Who is taking these jobs? Are there really overeducated polyglots who can't see making more the 40k a year?

I want to start writing in this blog again. I think it's important for me to have a free space to blow off some steam and attempt to re-find my funny.

In that vein, I should tell you that I have a group of students in right now, making up songs for first graders. They're busily singing and talking about 'beautiful job charts'. I'm actually going to miss that kind of thing.

And oh, the new season of Project Runway hasn't really caught my attention. I'll watch tonight or one of the reruns, but I'm not feeling it. Everything feels very strained.