my life recently in brief
There's been a lot going on and so I bring you a list of random bits of update like things...
- One of my favorite children's books (chapter books, probably 5th-6th grade reading level) in the last couple of years is Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Yes, that Dave Barry, one of my favorite writers and humor columnist extraordinaire. (And Ridley Pearson is no slouch either). Basically it is a really imaginative and wonderful story about how Peter Pan became Peter Pan (got his powers, met Hook, Neverland and fairies are created, etc). I've had a copy of the sequel for a while and hadn't read it yet. I picked up the audiobook version (I'm a total audiobook freak) and it is read by Jim Dale! This is too much goodness. It is like my birthday and christmas and flag day all rolled into one. I'm 2/7ths of the way through and it is incredible.
- I had a cold that completely kicked my butt and stole my voice. Storytimes were various levels of disasters to somewhat okay as I used a microphone and software that read and animated books. My voice was mostly back by Friday - just pretty raspy after some school visits. Still felt pretty sore and stuffy on Saturday, but I feel almost totally better now.
- I'm working my little tushie off for this Junior League project. And I'm running it next year. Scared does not begin to cover it. I'll write more later in a locked post.
- We're still short staffed today so I'm all alone in the children's section.
- They're doing major construction on the basement of my library. All I hear everyday, all day long, is incredibly loud construction noise. Right now it is a drill or jack hammer of some sort. It will be great when done, but it is far from a "peaceful library environment" that everyone else thinks I work in.
- I turned in an application for a job in Anchorage (yes, Alaska) this weekend. No one (save my mother and sister) actually believe I will move to Alaska. But that idea has just really appealed to me (for no vague, undefined, and indescernable reasons) for years. We'll see what happens. Can't hurt to apply.
- Normally I love sweater weather, I relish it. I wait until I can pull out my sweaters and let myself be enveloped in them. But this year I seem to have developped this irrational aversion to my sweaters. They all feel too big and bulky to put on. I've been avoiding them, all but the thin ones. I don't understand. I love sweaters! I love sweater weather! What has happened to me?
- Hey it rained last night. That's good. We needed it, but not as badly as Georgia does. Seriously google "Georgia" and "drought". It's pretty scary.
- Thanksgiving is being held at my house this year. My parents' kitchen is being remodeled. We thought the demolition was starting two weeks ago so all the kitchen is packed up and was going to be completely unusable. The demolition isn't actually starting until next week (after Thanksgiving) but everything is packed up so we're going at my house. My parents plan to subsist on take-out, and what can be prepared with only a microwave, fridge, and electric skillet during the renovation.
- Dad and I went shopping to buy Thanksgiving supplies. Turkey is my cat's favorite people food (because my father once let her "help" de-bone the turkey when we lived with them). I swear I brought home the thanksgiving food and she jumped up on the counter and started sniffing and pawing at the frozen turkey. It's amazing, normally she completely ignores grocery bags (she knows they're not for her and she's not allowed to be on the counter).
- Yesterday I went to Emporia to hang out with various library school friends. They were "in state" for the holiday so we all kinda converged. It was great to see them. I miss the interactions we used to have during school weekends, but it is great to see them acheiving success in their walks of the library world.