I am not a parent but I think paternity leave is essential. Your wife is doing to need a lot of help and it’s just as important for you to bond with your baby as her.

I would say it’s best to focus on yourself and the things that make you happy. Not to say that you can’t go after romance, but sometimes people end up worrying too and get desperate or too down on themselves and that’s typically a turn off which will ultimately work against your goal.

Or knew someone who died. Or had to work customer service as an “essential worker” in a blue city in a red state where customers treated you like shit for enforcing the mask mandate. Or had a family member that got brainwashed by the president into thinking they were literally going to have to shoot you in the upcoming Civil War. Or you had to isolate from your friends and family because your partner had a pre-existing condition. Otherwise, pretty good times.

Guess I should have said 4 days from now lol

Covid days? No thanks.

I did eventually end up leaving my original library for one in a blue state. Library positions don’t pay a lot and the future of libraries is very much under attack. But you do it for the passion of literacy and helping the community however you can.

Great! I never got an MLIS, but I have a position as a fulltime Library Assistant and I’ve been worrying in the library world for 15 years now.

I started volunteering at my library and was hired when they opened up 2 new page positions.

At least that’s less pigs out killing.