Came home to baby foxes just waiting for me to photograph. I'm so lucky. Look at this lil guy! @chuckwendig.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social

Had the best trip to NYC this weekend. Got in late Friday night. Went to the Met for the fashion exhibit Saturday AM then brunch, back to the museum. Dinner at Sardi's Saturday night and then saw #TheLostBoysMusical which is amazing. Delicious Filipino bakery this AM and now I'm on bus back home.

Just saw #TheLostBoys on Broadway and I think this might be my new favorite thing.

Today's baby fox very kindly came out to bid me farewell as I was leaving the house this evening. @chuckwendig.bsky.social

One of my 8th graders was gleefully telling me how they just got an AO3 account so they could upload their fics. On the one hand, aww. On the other hand, YIKES.

Oooh I got an eARC of #StarWarsEyesLikeStars on @netgalley.bsky.social!

The impotent rage at kids being opted out of books because *gasp* "trans people EXIST in this BOOK" is not healthy for me and yet. And yet.

Tired of explaining why I have no loaner chromebooks/chargers/mice/headphones i decided to illustrate my point with a bulletin board. This is NOT all the missing/overdue items. #SchoolLibrary #LibraryLife

Work friend who I often share excess Magic cards with brought me a Strixhaven booster to open first thing this morning and I thoroughly recommend this method of dopamine delivery before dealing with middle schoolers all day.

Got tickets this morning to see #MuchAdoAboutNothing on Broadway. So hyped to see @masonalexanderpark.bsky.social.

Uh, @maggiesox.bsky.social, I may have just bought tickets to see Much Ado in November

The good folks at @peculiarityshop.bsky.social are ENABLERS. They sent me a ring sizer! To tempt me! Also look at my super cute lil pendant.

I let out such a cackle when I realized that (presumably) @hillarymonahan.bsky.social added a ring sizer to a package...

It has been 13 days since all the students in this school had to reset passwords and I'm still resetting passwords for them every single day. Wheeeee.

Sometimes it's almost like the fox kits pose for me. @chuckwendig.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @hillarymonahan.bsky.social

Bought my mom a sterling and amber hummingbird pendant from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social in like...January? Forgot to get a chain, lol. But she loves it!

It is 10 years to the day since I first saw baby foxes at my house. In celebration of this fact, please enjoy some (very blurry due to window screen and digital zoom) photos of the parent foxes SNUGGLING a few minutes ago.

New foxes just dropped. This family has been having kits under our garage for 10 years now. @chuckwendig.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social

What part of "find a place to sit down and just be chill" translates in the 8th grade brain to "go over in that corner and play hackey sack" A mystery for the ages. #SchoolLibrary #LibraryLife

Didn't get a picture buuuuuut JUST SAW THE FIRST FOX KIT OF THIS YEAR!!!!

Oh man, the parents were lecturing our assistant principal about this too! AT THE SAME TIME. Bruh.

Love getting lectured by a parent on the phone b/c I locked a Chromebook a kid had out for a month+. But hey, that's unacceptable to do because then kids can't do work! This kid destroyed 3 screens this year and is a reason I never have loaners... #SchoolLibrary #LibraryLife

My Magic Club kids have almost run through their supply of booster packs that we got from @magikids.bsky.social this winter. Might need to buy a box to get them enough reward (participation, really) packs to make it through to June. But what set? #MagicTheGathering

Wanted to finally read the new #MagicTheGathering novel by @seananmcguire.bsky.social but Gonzo did not agree. No books. Only puppers.

My mysterious black eye is changing colors and getting a lot of questions from concerned middle schoolers.

I am accepting tribute.

Today is National Library Workers Day! A day when everyone is meant to appreciate the folks like me who work in libraries but aren't librarians. Sometimes I like to call it "Be extra nice to your Mandy day." #LibraryLife #SchoolLibrary #NLWD26 #NationalLibraryWeek

I woke up this morning with a mystery black eye. Did I punch myself in the face while sleeping? Was I attacked by a stuffed animal?

My kingdom for some nice tall bookshelves... We have 2 sets of built in shelves that appear identical. But I just went to move one shelf from the set on Wall 1 to the set on Wall 2 and Wall 1's shelves are maybe 1 quarter inch too long for Wall 2. 🤬🙃 ##LibraryLife #SchoolLibrary

"Do I need to have a medic on standby? Magic is not a contact sport!" #MagicTheGathering #SchoolLibrary #LibraryLife

New sentence for the day in the library. Me: "There will be no Dolly Parton slander in my library!!"

hey @seananmcguire.bsky.social did you ever find a source for MtG kandi for bracelets?

Just finished @adibkhorram.bsky.social's ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS and I loved it and can't wait to have it in next year's Big Gay Book Display at work and share it with some of my middle schoolers before that.

Anyway.

Tonight's #FridayNightMagic quote: "You'd love any Magic set, wouldn't you? You'd love a Magic set even if it was a worm." It's true though.

I saw #ProjectHailMary and it was great (amaze amaze amaze) and I am choosing to ignore Andy Weir's nonsensical opinions re: what is political.

Why must I wait a whole WEEK until I can read the Strixhaven book by @seananmcguire.bsky.social?

I love this dog so much even though he has no sense of personal space.

My Big Gay Book Display has grown too large! I have run out of wire book easels! #LibraryLife

The children were extra feral today. Knocked over an entire bookshelf (6 shelves). Covered one of the bathrooms in ketchup, mustard, and eggs. Middle school is...certainly a time.

Have officially taken over the Magic club at school. Went ok. Everyone got a booster pack for my first day running things. Checked with my local store's discord about a rules question and one of the kids went "she's probably asking chatgpt" and i have never been so offended by a 6th grader. #MtG

My little sister's dog rescue (www.northpawrescue.com) raised over $50k with their big annual fundraising gala this year. I am so fucking proud of her (and the whole team) and so glad I could help a little.

Y'all, how did i end up at a gay club on a Saturday night

Got bb sister's fundraising gala this weekend for the dog rescue. I now have to decide what outfit AND what @peculiarityshop.bsky.social shinies to wear...

Every single time I change the books on display multiple people will come up to me while I'm taking them down and ask, concerned, why I'm taking away the books?? I do this roughly monthly. Books go back on shelf. New books go out on top! It shocks them. Every time. #LibraryLife #SchoolLibrary

I wish people did not treat my desk and the space behind my desk as a public area in the library. It's not public, y'all. It's MY space. It's not stuff that you can help yourselves to. It's MY stuff. #LibraryLife #SchoolLibrary

I've been considering the merits of earplugs when going out to things like trivia where sometimes the loudness is overwhelming but I don't want to commit to something pricey, you know?

Work wife's mom asked if I'd read any @seananmcguire.bsky.social and I'm sitting here going "...yes. yes I am familiar with Seanan and her work."

I have never had someone feed something I wrote to a slop machine before today. I am DEEPLY offended. I write these Petfinder profiles for my sister's rescue. I do not need the plagiarism machine to be anywhere near them!

Some days my brain is just like "nope, we're gonna forget 75% of student names today. " I feel like a failure when I have to ask for their names. CLEARLY I should know all ~550 by name and face! #LibraryLife #SchoolLibrary