Now, imagine a large room and hallway filled with a slew of presenters from the tri-state showing off the opportunities they can offer me and my organization. But there are some problems:
Problem 1 - Some of the cool, cheap programming is only cheap for schools not so much for libraries. How frustrating that as a librarian I am not seen as an educator who qualifies for these programs. My after school crowd is larger then most classrooms.
Problem 2 - Most of the presenters that will come to the library I already know about.
Problem 3 - Not all presenters that are exhibiting at the expo do outreach.
Its a bust, I have wasted time, head down in disappointment.....but wait....what is this....incubating chicks for a very very reasonable price. I must have. So begins the journey of me, my co-workers, the library, my patrons and the chicks.
I sign up for this unique and great opportunity but because of how we schedule programming at the library I now must wait for 4 months prior to the journey beginning. I am excited and share the news with my co-workers. Instead of being excited they begin to ask questions...questions I cannot answer. See I am an optimist and believe that everything will work out - what could go wrong - I have a professional who shall guide our adventure, who has seen my space. Thankfully my professional answered all of their questions and I am excited again.
Question 2 - What if the eggs do not hatch? Out of a dozen eggs typically 10 - 11 will hatch, my professional has never had none hatch. Cool no crying children.
Question 3 - What will they eat? The first 36-48 hours they do not need to eat but my professional will be there the day of the hatching.
Now we wait for .....
4 months
3 months
2 months
1 month
And finally the day of our adventure begins.
