"A librarian?"

~Jul. 08, 2003~

Well, in an interesting turn of events, so to speak, J and I are sitting at dinner the other night, and he says...,

�Know what would be a good job for you?�

�Hmmm� around a mouth full of chicken.

�A librarian.�

I immediately have this image of Evie in The Mummy, when she�s drunk and proudly proclaims �I�am a librarian!� than promptly passes out. Followed quickly thereafter by the scene in which she topples all the bookcases.

�A librarian?�

�Yea. You�d be around books, you could read all day, and you�d get paid for it. It�s perfect.�

�A librarian?�

This was followed by a short discussion on how if you love what you do, you�ll have a happier life because you won�t wake up and dread the day due to work. Than also followed by another brief discussion about a couple jobs I had working in different libraries when I was younger. All this lead to me thinking about Amy and the time when we got that huge shipment of books in at the library. That�s really one of my best memories of time spent with her...

And when I�ve mentioned this to other people, they seem to have a really easy time seeing me as a librarian. Casie said that as soon as I mentioned it the image of me, behind a desk with �cute librarian glasses� popped in her head and that it was me. I�ll have to see what my mom says about it.

So now I�m actually looking this up. Having never heard of a Library Science degree I�ll at least learn what that is, thus giving me a new wrinkle in my brain. And if it turns out to be something that I�m interested in, well, that�s even better.

The thing is, though, is everything I�m reading says that you have to have a Master�s degree. Who would have ever thought that you had to have a Master�s just to be a librarian? Certainly not me. And that idea is just so daunting� That�s a lot of school work, a lot of time, a lot of energy and a lot of money to put towards something that you�re not even partially sure of.

But than I�ve not really been sure of anything that I want to do when I get out. I just don�t want to be in the Navy anymore. And I can�t just sit around the house when I get out. Sure, that�ll be great for a couple months, finally being able to take the serious break from working, than get back in to something. I also don�t think I could do the whole stay at home mom thing either. But than since you can�t really only have one income nowadays, that�s not really an option, is it?

Oh, sure, J�s wonderful. He�s already said that he �plans on making enough� so that me working is an option, but I�m just not sure I could do that. I�d end up sitting on my ass all day eating junk food and end up being royally depressed.

So I guess with 2 years left in I�d really better figure out what I want to do/be when I grow up. Any suggestions?

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