July 20, 2017

 I am exhausted.

I slept in this morning, which is always nice. And then I eventually went to work.

My main focus at work was getting ready for the event tonight. That included writing my introduction, printing out and folding architectural scavenger hunts, making door prize slips, and probably some other stuff. This was made more difficult because I was also constantly helping patrons, talking to coworkers about work things, and answering emails about work things. I can't remember what all was happening but I do remember thinking at one point that I was getting pulled in way too many directions today. This was my first real program that wasn't just a tech-related thing. Way outside my comfort zone and I needed to pretty much give my full attention to it. So the rest of my work today probably suffered a little bit.

When I got back from dinner I started getting ready for the event. My coworker and I pulled the four giant tables out of the room the event was in and grabbed a bunch of extra chairs and set them up. I made coffee (for the first time all by myself), got a pitcher of ice water, set out all the snack stuff, and got all my other stuff ready. All of that took me the hour running up to the event. I then had to keep pulling extra chairs in, even after the event began because people kept coming. We ended up with forty-four people, which I would say is a really good turn out. And it it may have been one or two people over the fire code. Don't tell.

The presentation was interesting. And I wish I could have listened to all of it but I had to pop out a few times to get chairs. It was cool learning more about the history of the town through the buildings.

After the event I spent a long time putting everything back where it was supposed to be. I moved all the chairs and dragged the tables back into the room. They were way heavier without someone's help. And I made so many trips dragging the chairs back to where I got them around the library. I also took down my book display, took care of all the snacks and drinks, and re-did the instructional coffee sign I made earlier in the day because I forgot the part about adding water into the machine. Water is a pretty important ingredient when it comes to coffee.

And that was pretty much my day. I also filled a display for the new librarian because it was running low, tried to avoid adulting-related stuff, and talked to my coworkers about pens and video games.

When I got home I watched YouTube videos and now I'm watching Vern's livestream. He is speedrunning Dream Daddy, a dating simulator where a single father tries to find a husband. Or maybe just a new boyfriend. I'm not sure what the end goal is yet, but Vern is trying to redeem his first playthrough where he ended up alone. It sounds like he started playing it thinking it was going to be a joke, like a lot of dating sims, but it has a more emotional angle throwing in the father's relationship with his daughter who is going off to college. Interesting.

In other news, Chester Bennington committed suicide today. It really sucks. I was a huge Linkin Park fan in high school and college. I was even a member of their fan club and have watched their DVD, Linkin Park: Frat Party at the Pankake Festival so many times. I'll be watching it again soon. My sister said today was Chris Cornell's birthday, which was probably a contributing factor because they were really good friends and Chester seemed to take Cornell's suicide pretty hard. It just really sucks. I am grateful that mental illness doesn't run in my family. I have had plenty of low points in my life, some possibly verging on mild depression, but I'm glad I don't have suicidal thoughts. I can't even imagine having to deal with that. And I wish other people didn't have to deal with it either.

And now I am going to record my audio journal so I can go to bed. I need sleep.