abbybarker.bsky.social
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. Reading, librarian, cups of tea, library advocacy, immunocompromised, pro-choice, scleroderma, interstitial lung disease, organ donation, ADHD and naps. She/her.
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I will be saying no to all requests and not doing any activities. I will be crying at my desk instead.
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Solidarity on the 'running a library on fumes' front.
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You make a good point.
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Its ok though, the extra stress means that I just finished a whole packet of biscuits in one go, so there's always my career in competitive eating to fall back on.
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Absolutely no idea if we'll be able to recruit internally to one of the posts. September is going to be FUN.
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Can you imagine the faff she has trying to get him to clean his teeth?
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Just put a pre-order in for the library I manage, this will be prefect for our students!
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Oh that is so frustrating!
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This is awful. The difference in Alex being able to write how the hell he likes rather than Y6 SATS imposed bullshit is tremendous. He'll write pages and pages in English now instead of a paragraph.
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The only thing I've been offered for Alex's ADHD is a parenting class. It was full of people in the same situation as us, none of us bad parents.
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I think it's time to lower my expectations even further.
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HELPING
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Pastrami, yes. Remorse, nope.
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I've only stuck with the kids stuff for so long because of the MY EYES!!!!! problem.
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I spent an age online looking into why hair gets tangled and how to help it, silicone was the answer and then it twigged that the kid friendly shampoo we use has zero anything in it - nor does the conditioner!
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This dog regrets NOTHING
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Solidarity. May I recommend comfort eating?
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Tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!
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Yep. Off you go.
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Win win all round!
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It had the opposite effect on me, my eyes have never been wider. Wow. (and not in a good way)
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Printed this out last time you posted it, it's on our office wall and at least once a day someone shouts 'tap the sign!'. Evergreen.
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Sorry to disappoint.
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Thank you!
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Simon's mum will 100% say this next time I see her. Then moan about how dark nights are depressing.
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Did I do the maths for this? Because more hours + less staff does not equal better
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Yesterday in library life I played catch with a two year old! Probably not the same one.
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And perfectly with the assisted dying bill, so they can fast track.
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NO THANK YOU NATURE
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FFS, I meant A-Ha. Ruined my own bloody joke.
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Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, I'm so glad you were looked after.
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Me!