First day back at work after a week and a half...

And I find I just missed the mandatory “Active Shooter Training.” (I assume the name is meant to distinguish roving gunmen from passive shooters, who just sit in the lobby casually and only take potshots at passersby or something).

The training was given by a local policeman who got really excited about the idea of having Someone to Shoot and told people he knew which things were safest to hide behind because several of his coworkers have misfired their guns in the office.

Upshot: My coworkers still aren’t particularly worried about someone randomly attacking a library administrative building, but they’re beginning to be concerned about the local police.

In other news, the door back to the pressroom now has a deadbolt, and a sign that says it MUST REMAIN LOCKED AT ALL TIMES. Since they removed and boarded up the only exterior door from the room, and the lock is openable from the office side, I’m forced to assume they’re trying to keep someone or something IN the pressroom. Nonetheless, I have disobeyed the sign and fetched water from the sink in there twice now, and no rabid creatures dropped on my head/sprang from the closet/uncoiled from the cupboards.

The facilities guy did swing by once and growl when he found it wasn’t locked, though. He was pretty angry. Oops.

Absence

I dropped Kiyoko off at the airport yesterday. Rough. I have lots of friends, even close ones, but people I can live with well are a rarity (I think for everyone). Having her stay with me for ten days reminded me that she's one of the Very Very Few, and more so, it feels right to have her as part of my household. I also live with Des really well, but it doesn't feel like a lack. I think I'd feel that lack if Derryck moved out -- we've just gotten really comfortably with each other. Kiyoko is similarly comfortable except with even more silliness and adventure.

Starting to realize that even though I love the idea of having my own place, my ideal would probably be some kind of rambling cohousing or mini commune. As long as I got to pick the people. :P

(My desire to be in charge is kind of a problem with this daydream. Ah well).

I'm worried -- as always -- that I won't do a good enough job at keeping in touch with Kiyo. I do tend to be preoccupied with the people around me in-the-moment (whether in meatspace or those that pop up on social media frequently), to the detriment of other communication. It's not usually a problem -- if a friend is good enough, a few months' silence doesn't matter, as Lyns and I have proven time and again -- but it's a little worrying when someone is very far away for an indefinite time. We did get Kiyoko hooked up with Minecraft and Lynsey's server, though, so I'm hoping we'll run into each other in the blocky pixel universe, at least!

(Also: I just got an email from her. She arrived safely and doesn't have jet lag, so yay!).

Absence

I dropped Kiyoko off at the airport yesterday. Rough. I have lots of friends, even close ones, but people I can live with well are a rarity (I think for everyone). Having her stay with me for ten days reminded me that she's one of the Very Very Few, and more so, it feels right to have her as part of my household. I also live with Des really well, but it doesn't feel like a lack. I think I'd feel that lack if Derryck moved out -- we've just gotten really comfortably with each other. Kiyoko is similarly comfortable except with even more silliness and adventure.

Starting to realize that even though I love the idea of having my own place, my ideal would probably be some kind of rambling cohousing or mini commune. As long as I got to pick the people. :P

(My desire to be in charge is kind of a problem with this daydream. Ah well).

I'm worried -- as always -- that I won't do a good enough job at keeping in touch with Kiyo. I do tend to be preoccupied with the people around me in-the-moment (whether in meatspace or those that pop up on social media frequently), to the detriment of other communication. It's not usually a problem -- if a friend is good enough, a few months' silence doesn't matter, as Lyns and I have proven time and again -- but it's a little worrying when someone is very far away for an indefinite time. We did get Kiyoko hooked up with Minecraft and Lynsey's server, though, so I'm hoping we'll run into each other in the blocky pixel universe, at least!

(Also: I just got an email from her. She arrived safely and doesn't have jet lag, so yay!).