December 19, 2017

 This morning it was really foggy on the way to work. Fun fact.

I spent my first two hours at work upstairs watching the homeless webinar and taking notes, after being slightly distracted by other things. I made it through the main content but still had to get through the Q&A portion, which was almost as long as the main content.

I was then on desk for two hours. It was a really quiet day. I read news articles and read through the webinar notes I had taken so far so I could edit them and make sure they made sense.

I had a walkthrough after lunch and then went back upstairs to continue watching the webinar. I then had another walkthrough and again went upstairs to finish the webinar. I also had just enough time afterward to read a couple articles.

I was on desk for another hour and it was pretty quiet once again. Most of my time was spent reading news articles and working on my catalog tutorial. I had one phone call where I could fully hear myself slightly delayed on the other end. It was okay when I was only saying a word or two but when I got into full sentences it got really hard to focus on what I was saying. I also realized I didn't give her the correct information after I hung up, but I wasn't going to call her back because hearing myself was such an attack on my head.

At the very end of the hour a patron walked up and wanted information on two fires that happened in the same week back in the 1950s or 1960s. That is a super broad request and we have no way of searching our newspapers in a more automated fashion. They're all on microfilm and that's not something that would be in the indexes we have, so we would have to look through every page of the paper. Also, the reel he thought he may need was actually missing (along with three others) from the cabinet. Based on the indexes we have, which stop right before those reels, the assumption is that they have been sent off to be indexed by the guy who has done all of our indexing. The guy ended up deciding he would call the fire department to see if they have a record of the fire so he could get a more specific date. And if it ends up being on one of the missing reels we'll have to borrow it from the state historical society. Which will be inconvenient but it's at least an option.

For the last forty-five minutes or so I read more news articles and worked on my catalog tutorial a little bit. Progress was made on the tutorial and I'm closer to getting all of the slides done. I have no idea how many more slides I need to make but just by virtue of having created more, I'm closer to being done.

After work I meant to mail my bill for the furnace servicing, but I forgot and drove home. Kind of annoying. It's not due for a month but I like paying bills when I get them. It also allows me to forget to mail them multiple times without having to worry about them being late.

Tonight I ate dinner and watched YouTube videos. Then I played CoD: WW2. I was once again kind of a badass in the two matches of War I played. In the first one, I came in first place. And in the second game, I was first place on my team, with a total of fifty kills, twenty-three defends, seven builds, and three demolitions. I also stole all three gas cans (it was Operation Griffin) because my team wasn't getting the job done and I finally said screw it and took charge. I also almost single-handedly got a tank across the line in the first stage of the game. And had several crucial grenade kills in the final stage to get our tank across the line. And then one of my teammates who didn't really contribute much to the game typed “EZ” in the chat at the end of the game instead of “GG”. Kids are annoying.

It's now late and I want to go to bed because that's what I do at the end of each day. So I'm going to record my audio journal and keep with tradition and do the bed thing.