Overheard

"The only place you'll ever see one boss wearing a hat and a fake beard and the other boss doing the hokey pokey is the library."

Shocking the patrons

It's always fun to see the odd looks you get when you tell a patron that you're having a really good day. I've been getting a lot of double takes today

Sucess!!

As of late I've been missing my job in North Orange County. The people here are great, but I didn't have the same feeling of changing people's lives as I did there. Today helped to change that.
An amazing volunteer of mine, Steve Iman, hosts a job search seminar at my library. We've done four of them so far, and the last one had really good attendance. One of the seekers had gotten really down. He was on his last legs financially and was literally looking at being homeless if he didn't find something soon. It was heartbreaking to see this vibrant man brought so low. Well, today he came into the library and told me that he'd gotten two job offers! One was full time with benefits. Woo hoo!! What was the most touching was that he raced to the library once he knew so that he could tell me first.

It was an amazing day after all.

amazing day

Wow, Today has been amaaazing. We've gotten three compliments from patrons today (including.. gee, I love my local library. You guys go the extra mile.) and I haven't had any crabby people. The only reason I can think that my day has been so good is that I went for a swim this morning before work. I know what I'm doing from now on!! Might not make a real difference, but like a batter with lucky socks, I'm going to work this streak!

The Best day EVER!!

Today is going to be an amazing day. Tonight Ben, Chris, and I are going out to a "casual elegant" place where we're going to watch one of my favorite comedians. That alone lets me know that the day will end well. What makes it better is the phrase I got to wake Ben up to.

"Honey! Man Job! Squirrel in the catbox!"

I woke up to the dogs trotting out of the room in as if on alert. Needless to say, I followed. When I got to the catbox/composter barricade, they were both going insane trying to get in. I cracked the door to see what was inside, and found.. you guest it... a very scared squirrel cornered in the cat box. Classic! (Especially the look on Ben's face as he tried to actually understand what I said)

The squirrel escaped before we could get a picture.

Great things heard in the library

You have to love it when you hear, " OK.. no more quacking!"

Usain "Johnny" Bolt?

So I was talking to my sweetie this morning about how after the walk I needed to do more triathalons. (BTW If you would like to donate, I'm still accepting!) I told him that all the walking was helping me strengthen my legs for the running and that the biking I do on cross training days would help the biking, but that I needed to swim more. His response? " I need to practice cheering you on! It's hard going from station to station! Especially when I had to follow Mr Rodosta! He's fast! It's like trying to keep up with Usain Bolt!" Alright Johnny!!