My name is Denise (she/her) and I live in a coastal city in northeast Massachusetts. This city is known both for being the birthplace of the United States Coast Guard and for the clipper ships that were built on our coast for many years.
I have a husband, three cats and three kids. Two of my kids live with me, but my oldest is a fully-functioning adult living with their partner about an hour and a half away from us. My middle child starts high school this year and my youngest is starting middle school.
I work as a library assistant in the high school in my city- the same high school my middle child will be going to this year. This is my second year at the high school, and before this I was the library assistant at the elementary school.
My ideal future job would be working in a middle/high school library in a non-teaching position. I’m coming to the library world a bit late in the game and don’t want to add more classes after graduation from SJSU.
For fun I like to knit, crochet, do jigsaw puzzles, listen to music, go to the beach, and nap.
This is Muska. He is about six years old and we adopted him a year ago. We found out in June that he has terminal kidney cancer. He’s made it through the summer but it looks like he will not be with us much longer.
This is Luna. We adopted her the day after Thanksgiving in 2020 when she was about six months old. She is high strung and anxious, and also struggling with some medical issues that arose this summer. We are treating her anxiety and working on a treatment plan for the other things at this time.
This is Nigel. We adopted him in August of 2020 when he was about 16 weeks old. He is the most easygoing of our cats- and thankfully has no medical issues at this time.
Hi, Denise! Your cats are beautiful. I’m very sorry about your Muska.
Thank you! <3
Hello Denise,
I have worked as an elementary school library assistant, too! Although my title was technically a media center assistant, it was essentially the same responsibilities, I would handle tech, too. I LOVED that job, unfortunately it was only offered as a part time position. I was, for all intents and purposes, a children’s librarian in that position as I am sure you were, too.
Celinna-
My position was cut from full to part time at the Elementary School….that was the reason I moved to the high school. I miss the people I worked with there though. And yes- I agree about it being a children’s librarian position!
@deniseml Such sweet photos. I am sorry about Muska. It is the hardest part of the journey with a pet. Thanks for sharing the pics and insights. Welcome to #hyperlib!
Thank you-
We had to let him go the other night. The good thing is that we were able to be with him and he knows he was loved.