September 22, 2017

This morning I was a little slow getting around. I slept in a little bit and then I just didn't have much urgency. I'm okay with that. I did take a shower almost immediately after waking up but then I think I got a little lost on a random internet tangent. I eventually managed to update my address for my driver's license online, as well as update my voter registration information.
Around ten o'clock I headed down to pay for my car tag. There was a lot of people waiting and it said the average wait time was ten minutes. But that was apparently for other services because I was probably sitting there for less than a minute when they called me over. It was a nice surprise. They must have really wanted my two-hundred dollars.
When I got out of there I got a text from my aunt about lunch. I drove back across town to maybe go to the grocery store before lunch but the place was packed so I kept driving and went back to my house to grab a couple copies of the magazine I'm in for my aunt and grandma.
And then I drove back across town for lunch. My grandma wanted to eat at Olive Garden and I got an eggplant sandwich. I've always been curious about eggplant so I decided to go for it. And I'm still curious because I still don't know what eggplant tastes like. It was breaded and/or fried and covered in cheese and marinara sauce. So it was tasty but it could have been anything in there, not just eggplant. Lunch was good though, as a whole. After we ate we sat around and talked until about 1:45PM.
I then went back across town and went to the store to buy bananas and potatoes for the faire, as well as a few things for myself and some bagged popcorn for a birthday on Monday. I had just enough time to drop my groceries off at home, sit down for about two minutes, and then I headed back across town for my meeting with my conference partner.
She was running a little late which gave me some time to jot down things I needed to get/do before the faire tomorrow. When she arrived and got settled down (because she was juggling a few things due to our meeting being in the middle of her workday), we talked about conference stuff. We came up with a basic format and discussed a bunch of random things related to library school and work. It turns out she is also kind of stressed out with her job at the moment. And a little unsure about librarianship as a whole. Our goal is to not turn our session into a giant therapy session where we just complain about our jobs. I think we can manage that. I'm feeling a little better about the presentation but there are still a lot of details to iron out.
We called things good around four o'clock because she had a thing to go to, which she invited me to but I needed to get things together for the faire. We then ended up talking for about a half an hour near the entrance to the library before parting ways. I headed to my Mom's house to pick up wire and I grabbed a few tools.
When I got home I started writing a note to my friend to include in the magazine I'm going to send her. The idea was to finish it and get it mailed before the UPS store closed but when it became clear that wasn't going to happen I switched over to faire stuff. I think I got everything I needed to play Ragdoll Runners on the flash drive. I copied over the game and most of the Steam folder but ran out of room to get the last few things. I also copied the Steam installation program, so if it comes to it I should be able to download Steam onto the laptop. After dinner I cut out several rectangular pieces of cardboard and made six wire “buttons” by twisting the wire in a flat spiral. I then punched holes through the cardboard with a needle and inserted the buttons. I hooked it up just to try it out and it worked pretty well. I only made one set of buttons but I cut out several backup pieces of cardboard in case the first one gets warn down. I'm also going to take extra wire, just in case.
I watched It tonight because my friend said it was good. I want to read the book but it is huge and in my brief experience with Stephen King, his endings have been disappointing. I thought about looking into the audiobook instead but it is forty-five hours long. That is really long. So I watched the movie. I liked it. For the most part the casting was good. It can be hard finding a group of kids that can carry a movie but they did a pretty good job. The opening was shocking, I was expecting the kid to just get sucked down the storm drain, but nope. And spoilers, I was also a little surprised all of the kids made it. But do they? Because this was only part one.
It is now eleven o'clock and I need to record my audio journal so I can go to bed. Tomorrow is going to be a long, hot day. I am interested to see how it goes but I'm not looking forward to being outside my comfort zone for such a long period of time. It'll be a long day.