...I'm a flash of light...

....I fly to hit the sky, flying so high, I look down at the sky...

So: due to budget cuts in the state, the UL system has frozen all vacant positions...including my supervisor's vacant position. >.<

Yes, I'm disappointed. Yes, I'm frustrated. But I accepted the news cheerfully, admitting that I expected as much. The Dean gave me no hope either way, and that's okay - he can't. The school has been asked to find $4 million, and until they decide how they're going to meet that, no hiring can be done.

One possibility, though, is that they'll hire me, and do away with my position. If they hire KC, though, then they'll be screwed - we'll be without a govdocs librarian, which is problematic in a depository library. I think my chances are better than hers - I have the raw required experience, and it could save them money to do away with my position. We'd only be down one librarian, officially, but we could function just fine. Carita, Dinah, and I ran this department for 2-3 years by ourselves and did a damn fine job. So it's doable.

But that means no movement, no action, no NOTHING until the school makes a decision. Which is...frustrating.

But it'll be okay. I still have a job, and Eric still has a job, and that's all good. We do alright together. :)

But it does make me want to cry - I was hoping to know something by the time the spring semester started. *sigh* I'll buck it, it's alright. I feel like they won't keep the position frozen, since it's essential personnel. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We shall see.