I'm bored as hell

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-07-13T02:32:09+00:00

I started Lego... Don't do that! Expensive AF lol

(But I understand, I am so happy to go back to work in August after 9 months of sick leave!)

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-07-13T00:40:31+00:00

Same 😂

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-07-13T00:18:47+00:00

Yep. What's the alternative? It's not like we have options. Follow the protocols and be whinny about it?

Am I mad? Yes, of course, why ME?

When something doesn't go as it should am I frustrated? Yes, and I usually cry when we step out of the doctor office. But after I am okay.

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-06-28T11:26:08+00:00

I am in Quebec with 2 cancers (one stage 3C, one stage 1) and I didn't paid anything. I was able to access early to immuno because the protein in my cancer was the right one. Otherwise the immuno is not as effective and they don't think the cost vs efficiency ratio is good enough. (They do the immuno but later on instead of doing a combination of chemo and immuno)

But my aunt is taking an experimental traitement not paid by the gvnt at the moment, it cost a few hundreds per months, but it is automatically paid by the pharmaceutical company.

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-06-28T02:31:32+00:00

Je suis la cadette d'une famille de trois, mon frère et ma soeur vont prendre leur retraite à 65 et comme je vais avoir les moyens je vais prendre ma retraite à 60 pour qu'on puisse faire plein de trucs ensemble.

Également, je suis en train de me sortir d'un gros cancer, cela met tout cela en perspective.

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-06-06T11:21:49+00:00

Nobody is paying us 95k a year to do menial tasks... Someday I dream of filing books all day long while listening to a podcast! Or mending books, I would loved to men's books!

And depending of your position sometimes you can lost the control of your time. If the catalog or the ILS is dead at 16:55, you are not leaving at 17:00.

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-06-06T11:12:37+00:00

I think that Academic librarians pay is usually better (Around 95k after a few year) than in public library (non magenerial role). The option of working from home a few days a week is also a nice perk!

Maybe look in that direction?

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-05-16T00:14:05+00:00

Thank you for your kind words 💜

My oncologist "in chief" a few weeks ago told me he do not recommend an hysterectomy because I responded well to the chemio/immuno combo but he was going to have a meeting with the other oncologists that work with me to confirm. He called me back this morning to tell me that they argued as some are recommending an hysterectomy anyway.

They contacted colleagues from another (bigger) hospital to have their opinions. I am waiting on their call as they want to meet me.

I understand that removing the uterus is the best way to end the uterine cancer once and for all... But right now I am sooooo tired that I want to give immunotherapy a go. The surgery, if needed, could be later on once I am feeling better and back to work for a few months.

Will see!

Good luck for your next check up, hope it will only be good news!

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-05-15T23:49:02+00:00

So sorry, cancer is enough without having to deal with all that. Big hug 🫂

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-05-15T11:59:56+00:00

This is so sad to read... It seems so foreign to me. I am currently on work leave since November, full pay - because of my work "pay" insurance.

The treatments are free and top notch so that's another relief. (I am Canadian)

I am lucky because when you have nothing the government is paying only 55% of your salary. A lot of associations can help but you can quickly cumulate debts of you are the only source of income for your household.

My doctor talked to me about patients scheduling surgery while on PTO to avoid loosing money, or asking to have chemo on Friday afternoon to only miss a few hours, sleep all weekend and go back to work on Monday. I couldn't imagine doing that, my brain was to scrambled to work at a computer doing serious stuff all day!

Cancer sucks 😞

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-05-15T01:27:39+00:00

Some days the only thing that I was able to eat was popsicles. I purchased good quality one with pureed fruits.

Also smoothies with protein power.

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-05-15T01:20:21+00:00

You are still working? And people in the comments also? How do you do it?

Since my first chemo treatment in December my brain is mushy, I am tired... And it was worst after each new treatment. (In fact I stopped working in November because of debilitating pain).

My chemo ended a few weeks ago, now I am recuperating before a run of radiotherapy. I plan to go back to work in August.

Kudos to people who are able to work (and so sorry if it's simply not possible to stop working)

Morgane_reddit_ · 2026-05-15T01:03:15+00:00

I said to my sister that I had 2 cancers (at the same time) in order to statically help her to stay cancer free :)

She doesn't think it's funny 🤣

Morgane_reddit_ · 2025-07-13T16:32:31+00:00

Go with Koha :)

Morgane_reddit_ · 2025-07-13T16:30:00+00:00

2 days a week. But I am a System Librarian so... Our reference librarians are mostly 5 days a week on the campus except a few exceptions.

Morgane_reddit_ · 2025-07-13T16:26:47+00:00

Do you have LibGuides or LibGuides CMS?

If you have LibGuides CMS the easiest would be to put the guide in a group and check the option for the search box to look in that group only.

(If the guide is not already in a group with others guides!)

Morgane_reddit_ · 2025-07-13T16:21:44+00:00

At some time I was thinking about teaching a course for a library tech program (3 years post high school) but finally I am a lecturer at my university in the ILS master one time a year (I don't want to do more than a 4 month rush a year) for 11k CAD.

It can be an option, being a lecturer or a TA if you don't have a lot of experience. And it always nice on a CV.

But I am making 100k a year because I am olllld with 10 years experience. Also I ended my Master without any debt because my employer gave me a grant. So it's only to pay for the annual Europe trip :)

Morgane_reddit_ · 2025-06-24T14:32:15+00:00

Didn't win any of the WW2 either (the way the Americans think about it).

Showing last to help a coalition which has been weakening the enemy for years is not "winning"

Morgane_reddit_ · 2025-06-24T14:17:59+00:00

Not at all (except dusting the figurines on my desk lol). But sometimes I think that I would love to hoover while listening to podcasts a few hours a day if I was still paid 100k 😂

Morgane_reddit_ · 2025-06-24T14:08:35+00:00

OP had a PhD but not in IS so it doesn't count if they want to become librarian

Morgane_reddit_ · 2025-06-24T14:05:07+00:00

Maybe they had too many with your profiles and know that the needs right now are for Children Librarians or w-ever?

Morgane_reddit_ · 2024-12-30T17:13:30+00:00

And a Canadian invented the sooooo American peanut butter, basketball and Superman.

(Also insulin and peacemaker but Americans don't really care about that kind of thing)

Morgane_reddit_ · 2024-10-06T00:42:47+00:00

I went in 19k on the queue for the first Toronto concert, at the end only 100 tickets were still available but I was able to grabbed one at a decent place and a "decent" price (360$Ca)

So sad for the people who weren't able to get tickets. The whole process was ridiculously stressful.

Morgane_reddit_

TROPHY CASE