November 2, 2016

This morning I drove to work in the dark. I prefer driving in the dark but not early in the morning on my way to work. Much too early. And then I spent somewhere over an hour sitting in a meeting about insurance. Thrilling stuff. My boss made the observation that the chairs in the auditorium are just uncomfortable enough so that you won't fall asleep. By the end of the meeting I felt like I should use half my paycheck every month on supplemental insurance plans to protect me against the inevitable. And then pray for some horrible malady so that I get my money's worth. I did end up signing up for the identity protection option. That was offered when I started in June but there was an overwhelming amount of information flying at me and I didn't want to start my first grown-up job by signing over half my paycheck to supplemental insurance. But, now that I a mortgage and significant financial obligations, I figured it's probably a good idea to put a little money toward not getting screwed out of the rest of my money.

Today I worked on my budget presentation and added a few more slides. Getting closer. I also finished updating all my statistics stuff for October. Now I need to start recording usability stuff for the website so I can review those.

I probably spent a couple hours, maybe more, making a personalized reading list. I like making those but it also leads to my own to-read list growing. It would also be nice at some point to get feedback on one of the lists I have made. For the last few I started attaching the feedback for as a Word document and a PDF, and included a line that they could also email the feedback to us, instead of dropping it off at the library. I'm trying to give as many options as possible. I think maybe after a certain period of time maybe we should send another email reminding the patron about the feedback form. I don't know if that would be considered pestering but feedback is nice. It makes picking out books for homebound patrons a lot easier and it would be nice if we're in the ballpark with the personalized reading lists or if there is something we should be doing differently.

Tonight was Chipotle night and I got salsa for the first time in awhile. It was a nice change but I don't know that I will continue that. After dinner I showed videos and then we watched a little bit of the World Series game. I spent the rest of my evening watching YouTube videos and looking at cross stitch stuff.

My projector arrived today and the packaging was horrible. It came it a regular cardboard box that is clearly branded with what is inside, thankfully no pictures though. There was also a giant handle tab spot on the side that could be popped out, and if it was popped out you could reach in and grab the remote control and power cord without a problem. More easily than getting chips out of a Pringles can. You'd think they would extend the tape down a few more inches but to be safe, or at least make it more obvious if someone had opened it. The odd thing was that the top of the lid had a sticker across the tabs saying it was a security seal. Kind of like leaving your windows open and just putting the sign for a home security company in your yard without actually getting the security system. Anyway, I'm assuming everything is in the box. I might try setting it up this weekend to make sure it works but I don't actually want to set it up or leave it at the new house until the carpet is installed because I plan on just having my sister go unlock the door for the carpet people and not making her stick around. I don't have anything against the carpet people but there will also be some time while when they and my sister will be gone and the house will be unlocked, so having nothing in the house seems like the best option.

I got an email that my modem has shipped and it is now supposed to be here tomorrow, not Monday, which is good news because that means when they come to install stuff for the internet on Saturday I'll actually have the internet. And we'll be good if they need to test things to make sure it actually works.

Now I'm going to go to bed because it is midnight. I don't work until noon but I would like to wake up with enough time to read in the morning. And maybe call the carpet people about Monday. They took my down payment but never got around to emailing me to confirm the installation. They really need to work on their communication. I have now been told twice that I would get an email and we're sitting a zero for two on those emails without me having to bring it up again. I would like to get an actual time frame so my sister knows when to go over. I also want to confirm the fixing of the squeaking floors and let them know I don't need all the cable and phone cords coming out of the floors so they don't need to worry about those with the new carpet.

So it's bedtime so maybe I can get some things done in the morning.