This is the Library...

where I grew up and remember middle school days with my sister checking out CDs and books.

where I adjusted to the feelings and rhythms of undergrad, read, studied languages and looked around for books.

where I did my ECD homework, asking for various and diverse children's books for assignments.

of summer visits to stay cool and away from the heat and look at cooking magazines and write the recipes down. 

where I studied for the English and Math CBESTs at different times and seasons, unsure of where the next steps would take me.

of requesting too many link +books or finding so many books, I don't have room for them all in my hands, but somehow in my mind. 

that gave me inspiration, purpose and hope during covid and the shutdown- still finding books on the website and able to pick up at the curbside...it was an oasis of being and working alone so often.

where I would utilize the library webpage so often throughout my workdays just to look busy, or to browse the catalog and gain inspiration and ideas, or see if my requested books came in. I never seemed to get tired of it those years working at the high school. 

of doing work and assignments for my Masters and coming on weekends or simply after work to cram in sometime for assignments and projects before dusk.

where I would come in on a weekday during my lunch break to get some 'fresh air' of inspiration, quiet and change of scenery, browse at books, or check out the ones that I requested. It was a helpful and inspiring 15 mins. 

where I currently am an intern at. The memories collide like waves on a dark, stormy night. The worlds of both patron and gaining experience library student somehow seem to merge and blend like a pen that bleeds through the page. 

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It came to me one day after interning- I was coming out of the back room and made my way to the front of the library, where I was finding the book(s) that were on hold for me. I then had to ask for my link + books at the checkout desk.

 I was inquiry about the books I had requested to check them out. I was just a minute ago doing work for my internship in the back (looking like an employee even), and then the worlds just switched to patron again and picking up my books. I was entering/exiting both worlds seamlessly. As I walked out, the sky was growing darker and the air becoming, the moon glowing, large and bright in the sky.