Happy Halloween!

Last weekend I headed back to northern KY to see some old friends and celebrate a bday! It was wonderful and fantastic because she decided she wanted to celebrate her bday by playing laser tag...in Halloween costumes! So I rocked the Rosie the Riveter costume pretty well if I do say so myself. It was an absolute blast and so nice to see everyone.

As far as work...it's work. Sometimes I wonder why I thought librarianship was a good career choice. Other times I love it. It's hard to say what the day will bring. I don't have too much else to report right now.

A note to all library users

PLEASE do NOT reshelve books, dvds, cds or any other items. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!! I BEG you!

Secondly, PLEASE do not refer to your librarian as "hey." It's just not very nice.

Thank you for your time. Have a nice day.

UPDATE: Also, I do NOT respond well to "pssst"-ing. Or snapping. I am not a waiter (although waiters also do not deserve disrespect).

In general: PLEASE STOP BEING A TOTAL JERK.

Most of you are very nice, very polite very considerate patrons and I enjoy seeing you everyday. To the others, go take a class in manners.

I'm having way too much fun with this camera

Fun with the camera

Pics from the ribbon cutting ceremony

Camping

My friends Bill, Vince (and his dog Spencer) and I took a trip to Hoosier National Forest this past weekend for a short camping trip. It was absolutely wonderful and I wish I was still there! Here are a few great pics.

So much to say

I've got too much really to put into one post. Let's see, where do I even start? I'm living in Indianapolis now and LOVING it! This town really is my home and I felt comfortable the moment I moved in. I'm slowly learning my way around and getting to know everything that's here in the city. There's so much! But best of all, I'm a mere 20 minutes from N/R/L/L!!! It has been so much fun spending time with them and they've been gracious enough to feed me the wonderful food they cook! Thanks guys!! It's also been great to be closer to MK/DB, they came down to see the library and take me out to lunch which was wonderful.

The bad thing is that I was really really sick for a while there and I'm still getting over it. I was hit with a monumentally awful cold for a couple of weeks and even had to miss a day of work my first week on the job! I lost my voice and had horrible coughing fits. It was pretty embarrassing to say the least and I still have the occasional fit here and there. Somewhere along the way I either severely strained a muscle or possibly bruised a rib from coughing so violently. It's slowly...very slowly...getting better but I'm still in horrible pain when I have to cough or breathe in deeply. The pain is similar to what it would feel like if someone were sticking a hot knitting needle into my chest and swirling things around a little bit...at least I imagine. :)

So aside from the drama that is my physical condition, things are going swimmingly! I've had lots of visitors and already taken my first fall camping trip! (next post with pics) I'm also including some recent fun pics from my new camera. The first few are from N&R's front yard. I arrived at their house before they got back from running errands so I decided to experiment. I think they turned out pretty well! The others are just goofy pics.

I'll try to stay up to date on posting, I'm sure there will be some decent stories to share.

Sicky from sickville

Yup, that's me. I'm still quite sick. It's going through the normal course of things I think, it's now in my sinuses and throat but still is really getting on my nerves. I'm going to start drugging it up today. I was avoiding it. Not sure why, I just don't like to take a lot of drugs when I'm sick unless it's something like antibiotics. Part of it is that once the drugs wear off I usually feel worse than I did before I took them. As a friend of mine said, I have to be careful and not make myself sicker.

I got a call at my desk yesterday saying "Sally, there's a patron here who would like to speak with you." Yikes!! It was an account issue, something I couldn't do anything about because I'm not even trained on the circulation system yet. It was frustrating not to be able to help her but I think she was understanding. I'm sure there's more of that to come.

Everyone has been so welcoming and helpful since I've arrived, it's been wonderful. Luckily they have been very understanding about my awful cold as well. Apparently it was passed around the branch before I got there so they are all very sympathetic. The branch I work at is filled with wonderful staff and I feel very lucky to be a part of the team!

That's all for now. Back to my stuffy head life.