Yesterday was my last day at work. I am happy about that because while I enjoyed my co-workers, it was a job at a grocery store. I only took this job because it was federal and being married to a military guy meant that I would have a job no matter where we were stationed. And it was depressing to know that my employment had nothing to do with either my Anthropology degree or my interests other than I like to eat and grocery stores sell food.

I have been wearing my hair curly; it is finally long enough not to look like crap unless I blow it out straight. I figure once I start my travels, I may not always have the ability to use a hair dryer. So I was at work and one of the meat guys who I always say hi to says, "I wasn't sure if I should say anything, but girl, I love your hair. I just want to take a nap in it! (with hand napping motion visual)." I thought this was hilarious and I guess this means the curly hair thing is working for me.

I went to the Fairbanks library the other day. And I realized why I didn't go directly to get my MLS after my BA. While I enjoy the library and think it would be fun to be an archivist, I really disliked the attitudes of a majority of my co-workers. They were obsessed with trivial procedures and robotic when enforcing these procedures with patrons. Often I would see my co-workers purposely making things harder for patrons looking for books because they felt the patron was lazy. My co-workers would even laugh at the patron when they left. One time I over heard them making fun of me, which went some thing like this, "Oh, I'm Jessica. I'm so happy and helpful!" ...I didn't claim it was a creative or humorous impression. As I enjoy being social and helpful (most of the time), I just get this feeling when I think about getting my MLS that I want to do it, but I won't be happy in the long run. And it's a 9-5 indoors; how boring is that!