October 20, 2016

 I did things today. That should be the goal of any day I guess, so mission accomplished.

At work today I finished updating my spreadsheets for homebound so now I'm all set for next month.

I spent time reading up on budget stuff for my class next month. I have been at a bit of a loss in how I wanted to teach the class but now I think I am just going to cover a bunch of different ways to make and keep a budget, along with why it is important to make one. So today I started reading up on different theories and methods. I didn't write anything down but I've made a start.

I did more research for the patron yesterday who was interested in military endorsements for presidential candidates. I ended up finding some more information so I sent that his way. Wikipedia had the most information, and I let him know I couldn't vouch for its accuracy but it was at least a good starting point.

Thirty minutes of my day was spent coming up with a list of authors who write urban romance with another librarian. There might be another name for the genre but urban fiction is a thing and I figure romance novels that feature non-white individuals could be considered urban romance. I have no actual interest in romance novels but that is one of my displays this month and I thought I would try to change things up. So I've included urban romance along with supernatural and fantasy stuff, trying to go along with Halloween for the latter. Books have been checking out but I didn't actually make note of the ones that strayed from the norm for the display so I have no idea how well it's going over. No one has complained yet so that's something.

I helped the lady who asks for ILLs and purchase requests all the time with the microfilm machine again. It was a little less hands-off than last time. Progress.

I spent forty-five minutes helping a lady with her new Kindle. Or at least trying to help her with her new Kindle. It was a little too new and she hadn't registered it yet and I couldn't get it to connect to the wi-fi. We don't have a password but you have to agree to our terms when you first connect. And you can't get past the registration screen on the Kindle until you register. I also don't know if you could connect after it is registered, I'll need to ask around and see if anyone has had luck with that. Or maybe take my Kindle in.

Anyway, we couldn't do that but I created a new Amazon account for her by creating a new Gmail account for her. She had an Amazon account years ago but didn't remember the password and she couldn't use her email account because it was used to set up her original Amazon account. And we couldn't reset the password because she didn't remember the password for her email. Very reminiscent of the last patron I tried to help with a Kindle.

But I got those accounts for her and then we set up accounts with our ebook services and I showed her how to use them. It was a lot of information and it is all counting on her being able to register her Kindle when she gets home. My fingers are crossed for her but I also pointed out our phone number, email address, and chat service so if she has problems she can try those options first before having to drive the thirty miles into town again.

And that was pretty much my day at work.

Tonight kind of just disappeared from me. Read a little bit, watched YouTube videos, clicked around on the Internet, and now I'm finishing up a Star Trek movie. I only vaguely remember the others but this is the best one so far. The action is great and then there's the Beastie Boys. When it's over I may read some more but then I'm going to bed. I get to sleep in tomorrow and I am looking forward to that.