I can't believe that I forgot to do that!

Last night I made a 'to do' list for today. I didn't want to forget anything. Hubby left before I did this morning, and when I woke up and retrieved my list, he had added an additional task for me to complete. I got everything done except that one thing.

You know you're a bookworm when...

We're heading back overseas for a few weeks. (Thanks for keeping our house and kitties dear friends, if you read this.) I had to call the local library because hubby realized that one of the magazines that we returned was still showing as checked out on his account. Okay! Okay! It was mine, and it was People. Sigh. I can't help it.

When I called, they asked for the name of the account. I said "Last Name". The lady responded, oh, is it Hubby's Name Last Name? Yes, the library knows him by name. He's famous. Or infamous. Or really nerdy in a sexy way, if smelling like books and conspiracy theory is your thing. And it's mine, so it all works out.

Open Letter to Public Library Patrons

Dear Fellow Public Library Patrons:

I have mistakenly assumed that we all have a shared cultural context for politeness and apporpriate behavior in a library. However, my experience today has demonstrated that some of you may need explicit instructions in regard to proper library conduct.

*Your "push to talk" phone is annoying while I'm grocery shopping. At library, it's downright abhorrent. Leave it in the car, please.

*You may only be 13 and half my age, but if you do the fake drop your pencil, turn in your seat to "pop your back" move to stare at me one more time, we're going to have a discussion that embarasses you more than it does me. I have no idea what insecurity of mine you're having a giggle about, but it's getting on my nerves.

*There's a setting on your cell phone. It's called "silent."

*In libraries we use our inside voice, even when it's to explain to our daughter how to use the computer in painstakingly simple but appropriate ways.

*Stop shaking your leg and shaking the table.

*When you talk with your I-pod earbuds in, you're probably being too loud.

That is all, for now.

Sincerely,

Me

Proof of My Impending Classification as a Total Bore

Here is my library account:

Reynolds, Cecil R. RCMAS- Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale: Manual Location: Psyc Assessment Materials (BGC M245), department access only Circulating Book Checked out: Due 01-17-07

Butcher, James N. MMPI-A: Minnestor Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent: Softcover Test Booklet Location: Psyc Assessment Materials (BGC M245), department access only Circulating Book Checked out: Due 01-17-07

Butcher, James N. MMPI-A: User's Guide for the Minnesota Report: Adolescent Interpretive System Location: Psyc Assessment Materials (BGC M245), department access only Circulating Book Checked out: Due 01-17-07

DeYoung, Patricia A., 1953- Relational psychotherapy : a primer / Patricia A. DeYoung. Location: Floor 5 Shelves RC489.I55 D495 2003 Book 16-4 wk Renewed: Due 04-06-07

Decoding the ethics code : a practical guide for psychologists / Celia B. Fisher. c. 1 Requested from Illinois State University Request Submitted - 01-13-07 10:31pm
Fines and Fees

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
03-20-06 Spritually oriented psychotherapy / edited by Len Sperry and Edward P. Shafranske. Overdue 2.25


If you're not asleep yet, you'll notice I owe a fine. Just add it to the student loans.