2007 - a year in first lines and first photos

Yes. Another meme. I can't help myself. Kathryn did it. Walt did it. My turn to reminisce over 2007 by sharing the first sentence of the first post from each month, as inspired by CW at Ruminations. Some sentences are from my paper journal (remember those?), where blog posts just weren't funny, appropriate, or, well, there. I'm going to put my own twist on it, though, and also share the first photo uploaded to flickr for each month. :)

January - I feel sure I've written these words in some journal, somewhere far away, long ago.


February - I am sitting in yet another airport, Ontario this time, waiting to depart for Atlanta for the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2007 Conference.


March - It was a little, self-conscious "hee hee" of a giggle, conspicuous in its joylessness.


April - A is watching Little Einsteins, B is jumping on her bed, and K is asleep.


May - My first impressions of EKU were that the staff are lively, enthusiastic, friendly and creative.


June - I attended the SAALCK Directors' Council meeting today in Louisville with Betina.


July - Today marks the first day of the Learning 2.0 @ EKU Libraries program.


August - I'm sitting in a Harvard building waiting for the first session of the Academic Library Leadership Institute to begin.


September - A friend told me that John McDonald accepted the offer for my old position; he starts at Claremont on 8/22, almost five months to the day after I left.


October - I'm sitting in the Tates Creek Country Club; B just went back for her dance class.


November - Jason found the work diary I'd kept in 2004 and brought it to the Charleston conference: a nice trip down memory lane, even if it was the hardest year in Claremont.


December - This is really pretty cool.

(Ok, I cheated on this one, but the first photo I posted was of a mite! ugh! Isn't this one better?)

Upon reflection, this has been a very challenging and rewarding year, having changed jobs, moved across the country, met new friends... and all the rest.

I hope that everyone has a rewarding 2008.