I realized that I haven't given you an update on what's been going on in Library Land lately.  First of all, I've been recovering from some sort of a virus for the last week.  Staff have been dropping like proverbial flies.  Yesterday, three of us called in sick and one person left after half a day.  It's a bad time of year when dealing with the public.

Library weirdness has been at a minimum lately.  But strange people/things have been happening.  I had someone call in today wanting to schedule an appointment with the tax folks (Mid East Agency on Aging).  I repeated the telephone number that she'd have to call five times...She still didn't get it so I turned her over to someone else.  The other employee had the same trouble I was having with her. 

Then I got another call...a sales person from India...or Pakistan...working for ATT.  He wanted to know if I made the decisions for the phone/internet lines.  I told him you'll need to call HQ.  He started asking questions about the service we have.  I replied all decisions are made by Headquarters.  You'll need to call them.  After the third or fourth time of repeating myself, I told him one last time to call HQ.  Instead, he called back two more times and was told by different staff members the same thing.  English was not his strong point.

Last year, we had a security system installed at our branch.  It has been messed up for 2-3 weeks now.  Intermittent and strange beepings complicated by lost or disruption of our phones.  It's beginning to get on everyone's last nerve.

By the end of the year, we will be entering the wonderful world of R.F.I.D. or radio frequency identifiation.  It's a system that sounds good on paper.  Stacks of items could be checked in and out at once.  It's supposed to make inventory control easier by letting us know when something is misshelved.  Naturally, staff is upset.  Noone likes change...We'll be running two different systems for at least a year and a half.  So life is going to be really interesting in Library Land.

I think possibly these changes would be easier to accept if the alarm system and phones ever work right.  Instead, it seems like Murphy has taken up residence and his laws are creating chaos.  But we'll get through this like every change that I've experienced in my library career.

On a personal note, please pray for the Kennedy family (friends of our foster daughter, Amber).  In a tragic case of poor judgement, Josh and Ryan Kennedy were killed when their car hit a bus while trying to evade a police stop. 

   And  They  Ask---Why I Look Forward to Retirement????

Question:  How many  days in a week?
Answer:    6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday   

Question: When is a retiree's bedtime?  
Answer:    Three hours after he falls asleep on the  couch.

Question:   How many retirees to change a light bulb?   Answer:     Only one, but it might take all  day.  

Question:  What's the biggest gripe of retirees?  
Answer:     There is not enough time to get everything  done.

Question:  Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?   
Answer:    The term comes with a 10% percent  discount.   

Question: Among retirees what is considered formal attire?   
Answer:    Tied shoes.  
 

Question:  Why  do retirees count pennies?
Answer:     They are the only ones who have the  time.

Question:  What is the common term for someone who enjoys   work and refuses to retire?
Answer:     NUTS!

Question:  Why are retirees so slow to  clean out the basement, attic or garage?  
Answer:       They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to  store stuff there.  

Question:   What do retirees call a long lunch?  
Answer:     Normal  

Question:  What is the best way to describe retirement?  
Answer:    The never ending Coffee Break.  

Question: What's the biggest advantage of going  back to school as a retiree?   
Answer:    If you cut classes, no one calls your  parents.

Question: Why does a retiree often say he  doesn't miss work, but  misses the people he used to work with?   
Answer:    He is too polite to tell the whole  truth.  

Question: What do you do all  week?
Answer:    Monday to Friday; Nothing  
                  Saturday & Sunday I rest.

Share  this one with all the retirees that you know.   
I'm sure  they can  relate to some of  them!   

AND, If  you have not yet retired,  look  what you  have to  look forward to.

Happiness is a voyage, not a destination,
there is no better time to be happy than...
NOW!