February 15, 2017

 This morning sucked very much. I had maybe five hours of sleep, which was not enough. And then time escaped from me a little bit. I got out of bed about fifteen minutes later than usual and I got super lucky that I made my lunch yesterday and ended up not needing it because I was able to skip that step in my morning routine.

When I got to work I did all the usual opening things, including sharpening pencils until the sharpener died. Once we opened I went upstairs to call my homebound patrons. It took a turn real quick when I learned that one of my patrons had passed away. It was the sleeper, so it wasn't terribly surprising. I never got a full word out of her and I probably never saw her awake for more than a few seconds at a time. Still sucks though. I learned that it happened yesterday and I heard sirens yesterday. It is a worry now every time I hear sirens. Oddly, one of the patrons I called after that asked me for a list of books about people who had died, gone to Heaven, and come back. Turns out there are several of those.

In between walkthroughs I filled out my timesheet for the month and then before lunch I had a meeting with the teen librarian. We are planning a series for next Fall and Spring about how to be an adult. We're gearing it toward fifteen to thirty year olds who are interested in learning more about life, like the practical things you don't learn about in school. Budgets, how to change a tire, mental health, etc. Today we came up with all the basic ideas and made an outline for what classes we want to do in the Fall, with a decent idea for what to do in the Spring. We both acknowledged how strange it was starting to plan something a year in advance. It's going to be a pretty big endeavor coordinating and promoting everything but if it pays off it is going to be pretty cool. Definitely a big step for the library.

After lunch we went out to deliver books. I drove this month and always had the keys with me so I never got locked out of the van, which was a nice change from last month. I also brought a book with me so while I waited for the other librarian to deliver her books and talk to her patrons, I had something to occupy my attention. My deliveries went well. I even had a prolonged conversation with my last patron, who is also my newest patron. I learned more about her reading habits and her life. I also made her laugh because she was telling me about her eye condition which is making her eye sight bad. She said she still plays Bridge but doesn't win as often and I replied that maybe she was but the other people weren't telling her. She enjoyed that.

When we got back to the library we unloaded all of our books and I checked to make sure I had gotten all of the books from the patron who had passed away. I was a little worried because I forgot to bring a list with me but thankfully I got everything. Really it's just one less thing for the family to worry about, which was my concern.

I spent my last hour at work on desk. I helped the tech trainer figure out some questions she got at her class today, helped a patron find a book, and got a start adding in the comments from the homebound bookmarks into the spreadsheets. I'll have to finish that tomorrow.

Also, I talked with one of the IT guys today. He came up to me after we got back from delivering books to apologize about not being able to meet this morning. I told him not to worry about it and that I was planning on just sending all of them an email with my notes and questions so that they could answer at their convenience. I had actually already started to write an email before I left for lunch but hadn't had time to finish it. So that's on my agenda for tomorrow.

After work I got Chipotle and headed to my Mom's house. The food wasn't bad tonight. We'll see what round two is like. The videos also went over well tonight. My mom laughed on several occasions. When we were done eating we did the Valentine's Day thing. I didn't have anything to give my Mom or sister because I had flowers delivered to them yesterday, but they both really liked them and sent me texts. Tonight, my sister gave me the soft peanut butter cookies she makes that are half-dipped in chocolate. They are really freaking good. I might have to take some to work though because I've been getting better at eating healthier and these cookies do not fit the bill. But I'm still going to eat a bunch of them. My mom got me granola bars and The New Guys DVD, which is fantastic because I was actually thinking about getting it because I thought it was so funny. She also got me a freaking green food processor. She had previously gotten my sister an air frier and she likes to keep things even. I'm pretty excited about it. I can make so many things now. And I'm going to make so many things.

I left my Mom's a little after nine o'clock and when I got home I made several trips back and forth to unload everything from my car. I then watched the final two episodes of Santa Clarita Diet. It sucks that it is over, which is how I feel about everything I binge on Netflix. It kind of ended on a cliffhanger but not an agonizing one. It better get another season, though, because the writing is so funny. I think my favorite part of the whole first season was when Drew's character said she didn't like when Timothy's character started a sentence by saying “Fact” and then spouting off a fact. And his replay was to spout off several “facts” in a row but preceding each one with a different phrase, insinuating that each one was a fact. The actual transcript would be funnier but I'm not that dedicated to chronicling the scene.

Now I need to record my audio journal because it is already 11:30PM and I would like to get more than five hours of sleep tonight. I don't have to go to work until 10:30AM tomorrow so I'll get to sleep in a little bit, but it won't mean much if I don't get to sleep at a decent time. And I need to make my lunch tomorrow morning so I can't lollygag.