Elena Colón-Marrero @elenarchivist@glammr.us

IT just asked me why we can’t use Google Drive to share files with researchers and I had to respond back that not every researcher has a google account, but you know this thing I asked you for access to does the job. 🙃

My time in Kenya was amazing but I’m soooo ready to be home. I’m sure all the waiting I’ve done in JFK is chipping away at my soul.

Just did a little song and dance about physical order not having to match intellectual order in the stacks to shake off my frustration at having to spend time moving something despite being asked to do a thing because the project being behind.

I was scheduled to have a meeting at 9:30 even though I don’t come in till 10. Got to work early for it only to have it rescheduled to 11. 🙃

This sheet of paper with emoticons was tucked between a bunch of floppy disks I’m cataloging. It appears to come from a Q-Link newsletter from Quantum Computer Services (later AOL). I wonder if anyone emailed Jenny with more.

This is such a sweet picture! I also appreciate the description underneath.

I was just going about my day listening to podcasts on the commute home when suddenly Dressed read @platypus letter! It’s always a fun day when I get to yell “I know that person” to no one in particular.

I’ve taken some sick time, but even therapy have become a wall. There was a point to all this but I feel I’ve lost it, which is happening to all of my thoughts recently. I really just don’t know what to do or how to cope. At the end of the day I just want to be able to drive to work safely without fear that my brain fog will cause an accident.

So instead of her making the decision I was tasked with it. Thankfully I knew his wishes, but damn was it hard. It was hard to watch as the nurse pulled everything and watching him die over hours. I’ve mostly blocked this out until two weeks ago and it won’t stop replaying. At this point I’m not really sleeping and eating is difficult and my functioning is just enough to survive.

After that day I started dreaming more intensely of my dad. Instead of the normal us going to do things I started replaying the last day in the hospital. Him going into cardiac arrest and having to make the decision to take him into life support. He was supposed to sign his dnr and medical directive over to my mother but didn’t get the chance.

My dad’s and my dream was to have season tickets for a baseball team. Preferably the Yankees but you know whatever we could get. I’m finally realizing that dream now with these half season tickets (40 odd games instead of all 80 odd). I didn’t realize how connected baseball was to my dad until opening day.

Ever since I started therapy to help function with my grief I’ve been improving. I know this because over the last few months Emmy improvement seems to be going backward (not the right words but go with me). I haven’t been able to eat or sleep all that properly but enough to still minimally function. It all came to a head two weeks ago when our season tickets to the A’s kicked in.

I’m taking a button up shirt class this weekend and I’m proud of the progress I’m making. #sewing

"This especially puts students and new archival professionals at a disadvantage when entering the field. It is particularly hard for individuals entering the field to have the confidence and knowledge of the field necessary to contact a prospective employer to ask about salary before starting an application, let alone to negotiate a salary when given no prior indication as to what the possible range might be." (2/2)

"The Students and New Archival Professionals Section wholeheartedly supports putting forth a resolution requiring salary information on job postings. We as a section believe in transparency and a part of that is being clear about pay. Organizations know what they are willing to pay an individual and should be obligated to be upfront with that information. It is disheartening to spend the time applying for job only to learn that the pay is paltry." (1/2)

I just sent SNAP's statement out into the listserv. It is brief, but has the full support of the steering committee. For those not on the listserv our statement I'll share our statement in the thread.

It seems that most people in support are posting their support as an individual, but this is also something up SNAP’s alley. I’m in the process of putting together a small SNAP statement and getting committee feedback to share to the bigger email list.

This reminds me that I need to finish that proposal for a new SAA scholarship I started two years ago.

It seems if you live in Mountain View you can schedule a robot to pick up your library books all thanks to Google

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/09/meet-bookbot-mountain-view-librarys-newest-robot-helper/amp/

Being at work today has thrown me off for the rest of the week.It honestly just feels like everyone else is out sick or in another building, but really it is just Sunday.

Condolences. Keeping you in my thoughts. ❤️