October 3, 2017

 We're going to make this quick because it is one o'clock in the morning and I have to wake up at seven o'clock.

This morning I slept in until eight o'clock and then did some stuff probably and eventually played a little Terraria before getting ready, eating lunch, and going to work. One of my fellow librarians put out a the whiteboard this morning to let patrons know about the drop-in this this afternoon. I decided to put out our Adulting posters as well but couldn't find them. The teen librarian was also at a loss so we just printed new ones. They were in the atrium all day and I don't think they got anyone else to come, but it was better than doing nothing.

Three people came to the tech drop-in and we helped two of them for nearly the whole two hours. One of them was a former teacher, I think, but I couldn't remember what she taught and if I had her or my sister did. And I wasn't going to ask her. Her and her husband ended up having questions about all sorts of things and she had a note card with everything written down, which was nice because we could just go through and check things off.

When I got back from dinner I was on desk for an hour and then the teen librarian and I set up for the class. We ended up knocking that out super quick and then sat around and talked for awhile before the presenter showed up, and then there was more talking while we waited for people to show up. My friend was actually the first person to arrive and I'm glad she came because for the first five or ten minutes of the class there were only two other people besides my friend. One person showed up later, bringing the total up to four. Not a great turnout and I'm not sure what is happening. My theory is that the first two classes were offering “practical” life skills, making a budget and fixing a car. These last two classes have been more important in my opinion, mental health and learning to consume news more intelligently, but people don't seem to be interested in that. Or willing to admit they need help in those areas of their life. Which is a shame. But I'm glad people showed up.

After the class my friend and I talked for a little bit and then she hung out while I finished up the last forty minutes of work. When we had closed I met her out in the parking lot, we went and got slushies, and then went back to my house. We sat and talked until almost one o'clock in the morning. We talked about all sorts of stuff, from super serious stuff to the not so serious stuff. It was good times as always. As I've said before, I like engaging in good conversations, and I don't get to have them as often as I would like.

Now I'm going to quickly record my audio journal and make it to bed before two o'clock.