Sleepbathing

I did get much sleeping done this weekend. Mainly due to my body being all out of sorts... But unfornuately the sleeping was not all restful. For example, I had had an early day Saturday helping with the grand opening of yet another library. Woohoo! I went home later that day and decided to take a bath. Nice warm bath, ZZZZZZZ... What woke me up was the interesting part. See picture below....

Henri, my water loving kitty, had decided to join me in the bath. I woke up to him falling on me and crawling out of the bath back end completely soaked. LOL! That was the same weekend I napped fitfully and dreamed about being really pissed that aliens had invaded. Not scared but really really annoyed that they had chosen to invaded. The only reasoning behind that dream that I could figure was watching the Cat in the Hat. I was definitely not pleased by the end of it and the cat did invade the home.

I am currently debating on whether to go to this concert of 3-11 this week. I love the music, I rarely go out at night, it is a workday the next day, I don't know of anyone to go with. These are some of my musings on the subject.

Back to the no one to go with, I did finally get in touch with Jason. I had tried several times last week and it always came up busy. So I talked to him Wednesday but we had barely started to talk when he had to go. He asked me to call him back that night. I tried the house number and was told ( I think) that he was out. I left a number on the mobile for him to call me. But I haven't heard anything since then. He is cute and nice but I just don't know how interested I am in him. In dating yes, In dating him not so much. I know picky, picky. I prefer to be called selective. God help me with this and all those other things...

Good day and you've got to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince :*

Ah, to be a Teenager again...

Not that I am to be but I do get to go to Open House on Monday. It should be nice to mingle with the commoners: ) Library cards, get your fresh Library cards here! We are going to have a table with info on the library and sign people up for library cards. One guy I signed up today told me all about how he was such a book lover and then only checked out DVDs... me thinks he doth protest too much.

I also need to take the car in this weekend if possible. It's a 2001 but it is freaking out. That's it ... my car is having a nervous breakdown. The check engine and EPC light comes on and then goes off. Or I can not get out of park because the car does not realize I have my foot on the break. Or I can't turn on my cruise control.

Though personally I like to batten down the hatches and sleep all weekend. .. I will let you know Monday which I did.

Good day and thar she blows!

Going once, going twice...

My apologies bloggiest of the bloggers. I have been swamped at work and seeing as work is the only computer I have daily access to... it affects my blogging. Tomorrow will be no exception. Tomorrow is Staff Development Day. So to be better library workers, we close all the libraries. Why does this sound like an oxymoron or an anymoron...?

We had dogs today at the library. Though I am avowed cat person, I must say they were quite nice. We are talking about starting a program where kids get to read to the dogs. It is mainly for kids to need to work on their readaloud fluency. They do take cats but I know of not one cat that will sit in one place for 15 minutes ... awake. Major confidence killer when the animal you are reading to wanders 5 feet away and starts cleaning itself.

I am thinking of taking next Wednesday off as just a Me Day. I am still debating on traveling in December/January to visit relatives out West. I love to travel and am thinking of dragging P. with me. She'll probably need more of a break than me from work and school.

I had the chance to go to a Graphic Novel workshop last week and it was just great. Mmmmm.. graphic novels... mainly just comics in book format. But I have already or will have gone through all of the X-Men here within the next week. I can totally understand why teens like them so much... hmmm everyone against me, picking on those whose are different, staying up for what's right, major style points, totally different person once you hit puberty... ring a bell, anyone?

Good night and Biff, Bop, Zap! (Batman sounds) : )

Any Time is Book Time

I could crawl into bed right now. Yesterday was my day off and it has totally thrown me for a loop. I ended up sleeping until 2 pm and then heading off to the mall to see "The Island". It was a very good movie all about clones. It matched well what I have been reading which is the Dune series. In the series, they can use dead cells to create a living person back again. Someone murmured as we were flooding (all 6 of us, no one goes to the movies midday) that it didn't matter if the clones died as they didn't have souls. Oh talk about philosphical debate time, kids. Were my brain totally coherent...

It also got me thinking about values. How much is life worth? Mine compared to another? Mine to a couple? Mine to a million? Ugh! That is it... I am switching back to mindless bather of romance novels. Something will a typical plot: girl meets boy, girl despises boy, girl finds out she actually like boy, typical misunderstand including someone in boy/girl's life, equal declaration of love. Not one use of critical thinking in the whole bunch. Yay!

The day (work) is almost over. I need to go check out blather...

Good day and remember a waist is a terrible thing to mind : )

Nessie Sighted!

As per my week, it has been strange enough to warrant a Nessie sighting...

There has been a calling of police, torrential downpours, blessing on the guy who flipped me off, calls from the cute rodeo guy and snuggles from my new kitty.

I can tell from the awed silent that I need to explain. The calling of police was last Saturday when I came home at midnight with P. and my neighbor's door was open. He wasn't home so we called the non emergency number just to make sure everything was okay.

It seems like that around 4 - 6 (around closing time) we have been getting major rain. I mean I keep expecting someone to come in looking for two animals kind of rain.

I am a fairly new driver so I can't get a handle on people who get mad at me for speeding (5 + over) in the left lane on the highway. I am part of the fast traffic but I am guessing I am not the fastest. I just don't get it. But in the manner of loving enemies and all, I remember someone preaching that you should bless them instead of cursing them. UGH! Major hard... so I try to pray something like "Keep them safe, God" instead the curses that would make a sailor blush : )

Rodeo Guy... oh I am the worst blusher in the world. I am pretty sure that my face is as pink as my shirt. Before I left my last library, there was a guy there that gave me his number. I took it home and that night I lost it. All I could remember was Jason and 355... My friends at the old library promised to give him my number when he next came in. Well, he came in today and she called me and put him on the phone. I apologized perfusely and he gave me the number again. Fingers crossed, everyone? I haven't dated in like 4 years. He seems pretty sweet and I'll keep you updated.

Snuggles from new kitty has been this last week as I lay in bed reading. Hazel (pictured above) comes in and snuggles close to my side. It is really nice since my two guys are more at the feet and out of the room snugglers.

Thus ends the news of the weird week... but then again my week's not over yet...

Good day and may all your daughters bring 14 camels :)

Yawn....

There is something about Wednesdays. I even got out of work earlier and went home to kitties and movies. Yet still I am just as tired today as if I had stayed until 9. It has got to be something mental. All in favor for either national instituted naptime from 1 to 3 or going home and started the day over, say Aye!

Good day and grab your mats....

Tout de l'eau

I took six years of French in high school and college. I even got to use my little knowledge of French in Paris. I would say something and they usually would answer in French... occassionally in English. But I got more of that in Italy. The title translated to all of water... my term for being soaking wet while blogging.

I decide to volunteer my services to Dad today. I had the day off from work, he had a big project in the pool/yard to do and it gave me a chance to hang out with him and get stuff outside done. I work all day most of the week in the library plus I live in an apartment. Mom and Dad have offered me plants.. I even come from a long line of planty people... no not pod people: P My maternal grandparents have an acre garden. My parents have a huge yard and spend most weekends working in it. My sisters raid the dumpsters of garden stores... me, I look at a plant and it dies... So we made a new platform for the pool pump, smoothed out wrinkles in the liner, mowed the neighbor's yard and vaccumed the neighbor's pool. Hence the whole wetness thing...

I like hanging out with Dad. He is a very cool person. He is the King of Tacky and the most Christian person I know. Though he is loathed to think that of himself. He doesn't realize that it is the imperfections and the struggle to stay the path that makes a true Christian. He is caring and compassionate. He tries so hard with both those things. But he always is there for us even now. I was the middle kid and it was hard to be noticed sometimes. But I loved that he used to make "dates" with me. It always made me feel special. He falls asleep at the drop of a hat. Apparently his dad used to do the same thing so it always makes me think of Grandfather when he does that. I like having that connection between them since I don't really remember my paternal grandfather.

P. is coming up this weekend. She left town about 2 hours ago. I am hoping she makes it up here with no trouble. Though it is looking doubtful that we get to go to JMOMA. She is thinking of moving back home. I wish I could help her with that decision. I am still trying to answer that question even now. Should I stay or should I go now... If I go there may be trouble If I stay there may be double... Guitar solo! This is definitely the year to decide. I could poll you guys... why do I get the feeling a ton of you will pencil in suggestions...: )

Good day and have a pleasant tomorrow.

2:00 AM Attacks

I can never claim to be a morning person unless we are talking wee hours of the morning. But today was definitely not my morning. I have recently received a kitten from my brother and she has settled in very well with my other two big boys.














The above are my two boys. I haven't had her long enough to upload pics. She has been sleeping in the other room and occasionally snuggling down with me. However, it has been so hot in my apartment (no AC!) that I have been sleeping on top of my covers. Well, last night I decided to sleep underneath the sheet at least. I am definitely a tosser and turner thus Hazel my kitten kept seeing things moving under the sheet and attacking. LOL but oh so not funny at 2 and 5 this morning. I'd wake up just enough to somewhat kick to chase her away until the next round of hop on mama... never to be my favorite game including claws.

Thus morning came and I slept right through 2 alarms. I was late and the training that was supposed to go on this morning didn't happen. Not because of my being late but because our contractor ( who has done a fabulously wonderful job on the building) wandered off yesterday with our only keys to the multi-purpose room where the training was to take place.

If you want more of a laugh at libraries and customer service in general, my favorite strip is at www.unshelved.com Check it out (no pun intended:)

Good day and laugh long...

P.S. For laughing long, the shirt I want most is one that says "They only call it P.M.S. because Mad Cow Disease was already taken!"

Live Wisely...

I may live wisely but I definitely do some foolish spending. My big sis has my laundry and is doing it for me in exchange for me doing some things for her. I am so thankful that she is up to the task. I hate, despise, loathe majorly doing laundry. Whereas doing the dishes is no major thing. I love to pray and sing and dance around the kitchen while doing them: )

Which is part of the reason I am so tired today. I spent a smidgen of last night (I was supposed to be asleep) dancing in the dark in my living room. That is one perk of being alone. No one to mock your dancing. The cats can watch but they can't add commentary on my being of very little brain. I love to dance... I had actually been looking into taking belly dancing lessons. Not sure if I will but I adore the thought of it. I took ballet, modern and jazz for about a year in college. Unfortunately bucket seats are not conducive to dancing in your car.

And speaking of cars, the stereo guy unplugged the motor for the cassette player. But there is still half a tape case in it. He recommends replacing it. Ugh! Major Ugh! I still have the radio and CDs and thank goodness the car still runs! I suppose with my next paycheck I will have to have the VW guys take a look at it. The best thing was that the guy didn't charge me. Yay!

I have really been enjoying the CD of the Reduced Shakespeare Company's take on the Bible. My favorite thus far has been the discussion on how there was a computer in the Garden of Eden.... yeah Eve had an Apple... LOL I actually got to see these guys live in London. They also do a 90 version of American History that is just hysterical.

Good night and bring back 8 tracks!