November 11, 2016

 This morning I was on desk for two hours, off for one, and then back on for one more before lunch. I planned on working on my homebound stuff, and I did very briefly, but I kept getting distracted by other things. Like helping patrons, answer chats and emails, and completing other small tasks. As an example, I came up with a decent list of read-alikes for Longmire. Also, I got a call from someone who does something where she has clients. She thought my budgeting class would have been great for one of her clients and wanted to know if it would be taught again. I couldn't guarantee that but I did give her the link to the website where she could download the presentation and all the other links I covered in the class. That won't count toward our statistics but at least all my time and effort have paid off just a little bit more.

While I sat at the desk, a parade went by outside for Veteran's Day. The library is far from soundproof and the parade was really loud. But the desk isn't anywhere near a window so I didn't get a chance to see any of it. Every time I thought about getting up to take a look I would get a phone call or a chat. Maybe next time.

This afternoon I made decent progress on my homebound stuff. I made lists and pulled books for my two biggest patrons and one of the smallest ones. I think I pulled about thirty-two books. That means next week I'll need to pull about twenty more. Hopefully it will be easier knowing I am over halfway done. The assistant working tonight wanted something to do so he was going to make the bookmarks and get the books bagged up for me. I think everyone else always has an assistant pull books and do all the processing but I generally do that myself. It feels weird asking people to do something that I can do myself. I would not make a good boss.

Tonight I did nothing. For quite awhile I considered working on my cross stitch but the motivation wasn't there. For anything. I just watched YouTube videos and tried not to fall asleep. Oh, and I also confirmed my health insurance for next you. I wanted to talk to the lady at work about it to find out what I currently have but she was gone yesterday and today and it was due tonight. So I made my best guess and I am hoping I didn't forget anything important.

This weekend I will probably do some house related things. Tomorrow I'm going to go look at furniture with my mom and sister. I also think I might move my kitchen stuff in, since it's already boxed up and I can fit it in my car. Maybe not all in the same trip but it'll all get there eventually. I still need to get ahold of my Dad and see if I can borrow his ladder so I can clean out my gutters and I need to talk to him about some other stuff. And then on Sunday, maybe I'll get the internet.