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!

Insert Favorite Curse Word Here...

I have spent part of last night and part of my morning off attempting to retrieve a tape from my New Bettle. At the moment my success can be measured in half a tape case and six million yards of tape. Little did I know that Heartbreak Hotel would be the last thing I would here on my tape player for a bit. Yes, I know that the radio and the CD player are still active but blah! My CD player is in my trunk which makes it quite a bit of a bother to switch CDs and the radio talks way too much. Half a tape case... I am sure that there is a moral in there somewhere... she is half a tape case away from a dj's nightmare... or something to that effect.

On a slighty more up note, my children's book is now in the hands of the artist and I am really looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I told it to J&P last night at dinner and they both really liked it.

Oh well hopefully the player will be fixed eventually and I will appreciate more then. If all else fails I just sing to myself while I drive.... heck, I already do that. Perhaps my player was adding commentary to my singing by performing hari-kari sans Japanese steak knives.

I am looking still for some singing outlet (outside of my car and house). I really did enjoy being a part of a choir. I really would hate to lose all the training that Mrs. Truett put into my voice. Even if every other song was a Disney... it will eventually come to me to go work as a costume character for them. Then I can overthrow them from the inside and take over the world. I'll be the first costume character dictator : )

Good day and Goofies of the world unite : P

Of whether pigs have wings

Silly Carol... buffalos have wings : ) Though if a buffalo offered up its wings, I would definitely have to decline. We had a going away/welcome party for two of my staff today. Right now I am so full of sandwiches that I would like to curl up into a warm little ball under my desk. I need to put in order for a Do Not Disturb...Sleeping sign for my door. Though I am pretty sure the uppers would definitely like the idea of paying me for sleeping. I am positive I could also not get away with putting out in the public area my sign which says "Unattended Children will be sold as slaves". Well, they keep saying that we are in a budget crunch. It is just one more inventive and lucrative suggestion I could put forth.

They have also released a memo saying that we are now connecting our bonus and evaluation status. I now have to have proof that I am explemary to get more money... Hmmm maybe I should start a blog drive. To help Eve get here bonus and thus more money for her poor starving kitties, send your compliments to.... or For just minutes out of your day, you could compliment Eve and save a poor kitty ( 1 of 3)...

Must think on this further. Or I could just do it on my own strengths and determination... But what would be the fun in that?

Good day and save a tree... don't do homework

You've got fight... for your right... for AC!

Just make sure you all get the right amount of pause in when reading the title of the blog. We are having to figure out who gets to turn down our AC at work. We are having a time of it deciding if it is us at the building or an agency offsite. Right now the panels are reading 76 and 80 respectively and any minute I expect to have a flash flood in the DVDs of melted materials... No interesting dreams to report as of right now. The kitties are doing well and are still only having minor flareups. I go to sleep each night with the pitter patter of little feet. A total of 12 feet in all (3 cats = 12 feet or 3 yards : ) I love that my apartment is so long that you get the doplar effect with the pitter patter.

I also enjoy my drive done while sleeping on my way to work. It is about a 20 to 30 drive to work each morning. As of yet, I haven't figured out how to wake up totally and my drive allows some of the cobwebs to get blown out. On the way here I listened to Peter, Paul and Mary, a variety of Disney songs and Bruce Springsteen. It was a major weird mix day the day I put that one together. I do remember thinking that "500 Miles" by P,P and M reminds me in part of the Prodigal Son. Especially the part where they sing "Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name, Lord I can't go a-home this a-way..." I like listening to music that isn't particular Christian and filtering through my head to be Christian. It works well with ones that speak in generalities of love and you.


Oh by the way I have these great siblings. They ( the three of them) are just wow incredible. Each of them is way cool in their own way. D. is just the best guy I know. He is so smart and incredible kind. He has one of the best senses of humor around. He is more patient that I could ever hope to be and he is going to be such a wonderful dad and father someday. J. is so easygoing and determined to set up me up with someone. She is very protective of us and has a great laugh. I love her strength. P. is awesomely tough. She has had to go through a lot and come out with this amazing attitude of life and all things. She is the best communicator of us all. She is so generous. Me... I love them all so very much.

Good day and go hug someone.

Insert Favorite Animal Sound Byte Here

Most people talk about it being a Zoo at work which is taken with a grain of salt. Well, pull out your shakers... it was a Zoo literally or at least a Zoo visit today. It wasn't as crazy as it could have been. But that didn't stop all sorts of speculation on the day that it could have been. K. our favorite Zoo guy came today with 14 different types of animals and everyone had a great time.

I have always wanted to find out if he was working at the zoo when I was younger. I can remember going to the Zoo with my family. P. and I were running and I tripped. These two lovely Spanish speaking people helped me up and took me to the Zoo office. Once inside, I was bandaged and taken care by the staff. But one major memory stands out in that someone (a guy I think) teased myself and P. that if our parents didn't pick us up that there would be fresh meat for the lions tonight. Major EEK factor to a 10 year old( or so) but thankfully the parentals came and I never found out if I would have been Kid a la King for some lion cub.

There were also animals in my dreams last night. I dreamed that all manner of cats were sneaking into my house and I kept chucking them out the door. "I have three" I must have said a million times plus in my dream. I actually woke myself up because I dreamt that I chucked a cat standing up but I threw it so hard that I bent my torso. I woke up by sitting up i.e. bending my torso. Where is my Joseph for this set of dreams? I love my cats but I very rarely dream of them or any cat for that matter.... It wasn't my book. I had finished rereading Dune by Frank Herbert... not a single cat in there as best I can remember.

P. and I had a great time hanging out with M&D before she packed up her car and heading back home to go to work that night. I had barely gotten in PJs (yes it was like 3 in the afternoon but it was a Sunday:P ) when she knocked back on the door. She had spotted a 30 to 40 gallon tank in the trash and wanted to take it home with her. She guess that someone had had a snake or lizard and it had die and so they just tossed the tank. After almost putting it in the car, she realized that the previous tenant had in fact died.... and was still in the tank covered in water and lots of dead leaves.... major grossness and thus she decided she didn't need the tank after all. LOL She is major thrifty but not that major thrifty : ) Good day and remember to keep your ducks in a row, be nicer to your snakes and keep your kitties happy.

Breaking and Leaving

Yesterday at work, I was challenged to find out how locks work. I found a great article on exactly the inner workings of the locks which lead to an article on safebreaking. Little did I suspect that I might actually need to know how to use a lock the very next day.

P. (my little sis) had come into town from down south yesterday and she always wants to share time with all of her family peoples. So we usually stay at J&P2's house which is awesome because it is like a comfy exclusive bed and breakfast. My apartment is lovely but in comparision has no ac, no cable, no internet, etc... all of which can be found at J&Ps. Not to mention they are always great company. We spent the evening talking, laughing and attempting to thwart each other's attempts at SkipBo ( which I reigned supreme despite J's evil attempts of coup and gloating like crazy). Ah, sisters!

J&P got up in the morning to go to church and us church-hoppers decided to take a hike literally. I have been trying to find a church to match what I want and it is about as hard to find a guy I will date. Another story...But the girls left and P. and I got ready to go... or so we thought. J. (whose memory is sieve-like at best) left and automatically locked her dead bolt. Unfornuately for us, it needed a key in order to get out. They have fifty million keys but none apparently for their front door. We did finally find one for the padlock for their back fence.

I don't think I am cut out for a life of crime. Heavens know it took me at least a dozen times for getting into the safe at work. Not to mention I will never be mistaken for a poker-face. My emotions are usually out for the world to see and I would be the easiest collar a cop ever made. Good day and don't blow your money when getting into the safe.

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Day

I feel for my staff on Saturdays. Every since I got my license and my car, it seems harder to get to work on time as opposed to when I rode the bus. I only had my car for less than a year and my license for a little longer than that. I am not sure why it took so long for me to get the license. Just pure hardheadness I guess. I can be that very much but it is about the strangest things. P., my little sister, knows this very well. She had to deal with it on our cruise when we got into a fight about whether I should take my headphones on a shore excursion. Told you... strangest things to be stubborn about.

I had to hunt down A Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle today. Not for checkout but to use as an example of what I want my kid's book to look like. One of my staff's spouse was interested in possiblely doing the artwork for it. I wrote it years ago (my story not the AVHC) but have not done much with it. It is a kiplingish Just So Creation story. I've got another brewing in my head but it is meant to be longer and more of a chapter book. A little more Dahl and P.L. Travers... I don't know though. It seems every librarian is an aspiring writer. But then we all are aspiring to something. I don't wish for fame though. Money though is another matter. But I can see myself being the M.C. Hammer of the writing world : ) I have this theory that it is just paper but my student loan people tend to disagree with me. Even though it was through the education that they financed that brought me to this idea. One of the catalogs I get sums it up well with "Think no one knows you exist...try missing a couple of payments" or words to that effect. Good day and aspiring enormous!

Of why the sea is boiling hot

No, this is not my summer house on the pennisula of Florida. If it were, the entire thing would be boarded up with the hallways filled with Ensure and bottled water for the duration of the hurricane season. It is a pic of me in front of the palace at Brighton. I got the chance to intern abroad in London for FSU a couple of years ago. It was ab fab and I am still hankering to continue my travels around the world. Two continents down, five to go...

Second Test

Take Two....thanks to my tutor/Dad. We had an enjoyable lunch where we talked a bit about my trying to decide about house, life and etc. I just have to decide whether to stay on this continent or move to another. This thought was brought to you by the letter C and the number 3. As in 3 cats... that was what brought on the thought. I have three cats which is triple the number my landlord thinks I have. This then brought on the idea that in my own house I could have 3 X 3 the number of cats. However as a single person, I can't have more than 3. Lucky number four cat turns me from normal sane person to crazy cat person. For more details, you have to watch "'Til there was You". As crazy cat person, it totally negates the mere possibility of dating a non-certifiable pyschopath. Hmmm.... I wonder what you need to become certified? Good day and may the laundry elves be merciful....

First Post

Testing, 1,2,3... if this had actually been a real post, I am sure something witty would have come to mind instead of inane babble.

This is a pic of me in Mex last year on my cool cruise 'round the Carribean, man :) :