Monday, June 26, 2017

June 26, 2017

This morning I had the opportunity to wake up fifteen minutes early. I went back to bed. And I stayed there until thirty minutes after my alarm went off. It didn't seem like a bad way to start the day, and I was feeling good about this Monday. And then, right as I was about to walk out the door, I noticed some sort of stain on my pants. I think it was breakfast related. That was annoying because I was already running a little late. I'm just glad I noticed it before I got to work. It would have been really frustrating to discover it after getting to work.

It was a very laid back day at work. I spent most of the morning working on my latest personalized reading list, which was packed with feminism and strong female protagonists. I think it's a pretty decent list.

This afternoon I watched a webinar about a new app for one of our digital libraries. It was way easier than the current app, which requires you to log into the app and then into the library itself. It's a pain and very confusing. They have also integrated a help feature, so maybe more patrons will go that route instead of coming to the library with issues that we then have to go to the help section to answer. Overall, it's way better and I look forward to introducing it to patrons.

The other main thing I did today was watch usability videos. I am nearly caught up with the videos for May. Good grief. I don't know what I have going on tomorrow but I should be able to finish up the May videos and start on June. I have plenty of other things I could be doing but most of them are far enough off that I don't feel too compelled to do them yet.

Other than that stuff, I did all the regular stuff. Helping patrons in the library, in chat, and over the phone. I also gave out summer reading prizes and signed a few people up. So all the regular stuff.

Tonight I didn't really do much. I ate dinner, which was leftover sweet potato and marinated vegetable taco stuff (minus the taco part because I just ate it in a bowl). Still delicious. After dinner I watched YouTube videos and livestreams and played with GIMP. I couldn't stop thinking about my book GIF today so I had to jump back in. I tried some different border options and I also wanted to try something with my original GIF. I think I may be able to do the GIF with a completely transparent background so I can put a slightly transparent PNG behind it, making it look like the book has a semi transparent background, which I can't do with a GIF. I think I will need to remake the whole GIF but knowing that it should be possible is helpful. I am also thinking of trying one without the border and giving it a title to make it look more like the HUD items in the game. If I didn't have to open tomorrow I would probably be working on that now. But it's already after eleven o'clock and will probably be at least midnight before I get to bed, so I'm already pushing my luck.

I adjusted the grandfather clock tonight, trying to match the pendulum with the seconds ticking on my phone. I don't think that was the way to go about it. I noted the time that I set the clock and I am going to check back tomorrow at the same time so see what has been lost or gained, and then make some adjustments.


Now I'm going to stop writing so I can record my audio journal. And then, I'm going to go to bed.

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