It was supposed to be a good week this week.  I finally was approved to be the lead selector of youth fiction for the county libraries, my last storytime of the season was today, and I am getting everything prepped and ready for my vacation coming up in just three weeks.  And then my day at work when mad.  And then the fact that work went mad ( Read more... )

It is coming up on the one year anniversary of my grandpa's death now. April 4th will be Easter--the last time I saw my grandfather was Easter of last year. It keeps playing over and over in my mind, that last Easter. I did right that time, I think, but I also can't help but think that I should have done more. April 14 will be the 1 year ( Read more... )

We had to get rid of the dog. I have never had an indoor dog before. I hope to never have one again. He chewed anything he could get in his mouth. We couldn't leave him out when we went out, so we put him in a wire cage. He broke it. So, we thought that one of those plastic crates might work better. We had it two days when the little guy ( Read more... )

I didn't get on here for a long time, and then when I do, a stupid pop-up video ad shows up every time I visit. Ugh, how annoying ( Read more... )

I missed my first day of work today. It couldn't be avoided. I have a terrible ear infection. For the first time in years, I am sick at the same time I have insurance and a job with paid sick days. Jimmie would not have forgiven me if I had not taken the day off to go to the doctor. And he was right. As much pain as I was in, I could not have ( Read more... )

Wow, it has been a long time since I last posted. Sorry about that ( Read more... )

It's been one heck of a journey since the initial interview in Lafayette for the youth librarian position. The original interview went great, but after several weeks of waiting, I ultimately received a polite letter explaining that they picked someone with more experience. I had no sooner opened said letter when I got the call saying that said ( Read more... )

Last May, when my life fell apart, I swore that I would remain single for a year. I was hurting so much, over losing my grandpa, and the breakup, and I just didn't see myself as being capable of this sort of attachment again ( Read more... )