Day In The Emergency Room...

Today I was supposed to take Justin to the airport and have tea with "Favorite Page #1" but none of that happened because around 11:00am I got a phone call from my sister saying that she was vomiting and had chest pains and that she was heading to the closest emergency room. So, I ditched my plans and headed to the emergency room she was in and spent almost the entire day with my sister in the hospital.

Five hours, an IV, two bags of saline, six vials of blood and a chest x-ray later we found out that she has a virus. What kind of virus? They didn't say. All I know is that my sister is currently the Outbreak monkey and I need to stay away from her.

I'd love to say I had fun hanging out with her in the emergency room practically all day long, but I can't. But that is fine because I'd do it again if she was to call me in a panic like she did today.

365 Days Of Pictures: Day 315...

"Favorite Page #1" and "Favorite Page #3" napping after dealing with too many books.

Milk Jug Igloo...

If you looked at the blurb under my photo of the day you already know how I spent the first two and a half hours at work today, if you didn't I spent it making an igloo out of milk jugs with "Favorite Page #1" and "Favorite Page #4."

I've been collecting gallon plastic milk jugs for a little over a month now and I received about 80 of them in that time period -- I've been getting them from staff members and patrons. Since I "had so many" of them my Department Head suggested yesterday that I finally make it and get the milk jugs out of our office and the various places in the library that I had them stashed. So as per her request, even thought I knew I didn't have enough, I rounded up the Pages and started it. Two and a half hours, every hot glue stick in the library and all of those milk jugs only got half of the main body done. Now I have to start begging people for more jugs so I can get it done as soon as possible.

The highlight of the whole thing was that my Director saw it and actually liked it. He actually wants to see if I can get it done before the next Board Meeting because he wants to show it off to them. That made me happy.

Whenever I finish it you can bet that I'll be posting about it.

365 Days Of Pictures: Day 314...

Myself, "Favorite Page #1" and "Favorite Page #4" started working on a milk jug igloo today and this is what we have done as of thus far. We would have done more but obviously 80 milk jugs was not enough and we need tons more to finish. I'll take a picture of the completed igloo whenever that happens.

365 Days Of Pictures: Day 313...

I went out for pizza with "Favorite Page #1" and we thought it more cost effective to buy a whole pie instead of four slices. It actually worked out because "Amy" and "Emily" bought three of the slices off of me, so I made a $2.50.

Messy Kiddies...

I just got back from doing storytime at one of the local elementary schools to find "Favorite Page #1" on the floor in the picture book room picking up a pile of books off the floor. Apparently one of the kids walked up to one of the shelving units just after she had put books away in that exact section and knocked a bunch of the books off of two of the shelves. As she went to pick them up a mother looked over and said something along the line of "Oh my... Whose child did that?" and walked away. We're pretty sure it was her kid that did it and instead of apologizing for what her kid did she pretended like nothing happened. Gotta love people.

Month In Review: December 2011...

Adventures Of The Month: Highlights...

• Crashing Nicole's work baby shower.
• Having every Monday off throughout the month.
• Seeing the NYC Ballet perform the Nutcracker with my sister.
• "Favorite Page #1" coming back from college for winter break.
• Going to my father's work holiday party.
• Celebrating Justin's birthday.
• Impromptu lunch with my cousin & sister in NYC
  
• Getting to the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree 5 minutes before the lights went out.
• Becoming pen pals with Lou from Foxy Whiskers.
• Getting everything that I wanted and more for Christmas.
• Having the most random day after Christmas with Erin.
• Becoming addicted to tanning.
• Being the last Saturday librarian of 2011.
  
• Celebrating New Years Eve with my friends.
  

Favorites Of The Month...

Posts

• Thrifting In Instagram...
• All In The Family...
  
• Faces To The Names: "Marie"...
• A Rarity... Good Parenting...
• New York City In Instagram...
• Date In NYC With My Sister...
• Thrifting, Babysitting & Movies...
  

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Instagram

New To Me As Of This Month...

Blogs




♥ The Rockstar Diaries
♥ Wild Lola
♥ Bleubird Vintage

Movies/TV Shows

• The Chew (2011-Present)
  
• The Talk (2011-Present)
• Virgin Diaries (2011-Present)
• Geek Love (2011- Present)
  
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
  
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
  

Books

• Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi
  

iPhone Apps

• Starbucks Magic Cup
• Flipboard
• Path
• PowerCam™
• Better Homes & Gardens Recipes
• Picture Effect Magic

"Favorite Page #1" Is Back...

"Favorite Page #1" came back from college today for winter break! She was in town all of three hours before she came into the library to work with me because "Favorite Page #2" is away on vacation this week and I needed help with Video Game Night.

After getting paid to play video games with me and one of Justin's sisters for a couple of hours, we went out for a late dinner with Erin and drove around looking at Christmas lights. I think that it was a good first day back home, she seemed to enjoy herself.

Great 11/11/11...

I must say, despite having to deal with "Julia" today I had the best 11/11/11. While I was still at work "Favorite Page #1" showed up with one of her friends from college and surprised me -- She also bought me my favorite drink from Starbucks (Carmel Apple Spice). I had no idea that she was going to be home for the weekend and I was so happy to see her. She and her friend actually hung out with Lenni and I during Drawing Club -- "Favorite Page #2 also showed up and came to hang out with us too. It was amazing to see her because I miss her so much when she is gone.

Something I was happy I missed was having to deal with some teenage boys setting off a stink bomb in front of our reference desk-- I was in Drawing Club when it happened and "Julia" ended up having to deal with the entire thing, as well as clean up the mess. Yay positive energy of 11/11/11 in my favor!

After I left work my sister decided that she was going to take me out to dinner and we ended up going to one of my favorite restaurants on Long Island, Heart of Portugal. While feasting on one of my favorite meals of all time I got the best voicemail from Erin who was pissed off that I went there without her.

Voicemail Transcription:
"So my network of spies (aka Foursquare) tells me that you're at Heart of Portugal So first of all go fuck yourself and your champagne lobster with the saucy saucy sauce situation with the spoon and the pot and the little man that brings it to you and lifts the lid. I hate you right now. There's no forgiving you. And two how did you end up there when we are supposed to be going out to ladies night and what have you and blah blah blah. Please explain how champagne lobster got thrown into the mix and I was not invited. You are a whore, that is all. Thank you very much, have a nice night."

Best voicemail ever -- Aside from the ones I get from Phil singing me random songs. My sister and I were cracking up at our table in the restaurant listening to it.

Once we were done eating we did a little shopping and went home. What a great 11/11/11. I hope you all enjoyed yours.

Trip To The Cemetery...

A few months ago ABC News had done a story on the Bayside Acacia Cemetery in Queens because it wasn't being properly taken care of, it was over grown with vegetation and mausoleums had been broken into, bodies were hanging out of coffins, etc. Obviously seeing as I love me a good cemetery I was itching to go. While I was at work a day or so after hearing about this place "Favorite Page #2" and I ended up talking about it and he said he would love to go.

Fast forward to Tuesday... While I was talking to "Favorite Page #1" about what she wanted to do while she was home for the next couple of days going to this cemetery came up and she agreed to going. So today instead of going to the zoo like she suggested she, "Favorite Page #2" and I drove to Queens with our cameras in tow to explore the cemetery. We got there with no problems what-so-ever, parked the car and tried to figure out how to get inside. Unfortunately because of all of the buzz surrounding it after being featured on the news it is only opened by appointment for family members of the deceased, which blows. But this didn't stop the three of us from wandering around the outside gates taking photos through it.

I can't begin to describe how tragically beautiful this place was. I really wish that I could have had a chance to walk through the property and take some photos because I'm sure they would have been amazing.

Eventually we left, but before leaving Queens we found another cemetery (Montefiore) that we could actually get into. And we spent a good long time in it wandering around the headstones, taking pictures. I even lost the two of them for a bit, apparently they didn't hear me calling for them.

We could have spent a lot more time wandering around than we did because it was a big place, but "Favorite Page #2" had to be at work by 6:00pm so we left earlier than we would have liked. The three of us decided that going back to a place like that would have to be a day trip so we could properly look around.

It was a great day and I look forward to our next cemetery adventure.

To Zoo, Or Not To Zoo...

"Favorite Page #1" just called me and asked me if I wanted to go to the Bronx Zoo for our Yay-You're-Home-For-The-Weekend-From-College date on Thursday and I'm trying to figure out what the likelihood is that I will get lost in the Bronx when we are trying to leave (I got lost for an hour last time I got stuck in the Bronx). I'll have to figure out if I want to go on an adventure or not.

Another Visitor...

"Favorite Page #1" surprised me and came to visit me today! I came out of my storytime to find her sitting at my desk waiting for me. She didn't stay very long because she has things to do with her family, but I was really happy that she came to see me. While she was here I gave her all of the books that I was planning on mailing out to her later on today and we made plans to go into NYC when she comes back for her break at the end of October -- Obviously we're gonna spend that day getting tea at Alice's Tea Cup and wander around the city. I can't wait!

Goodbye Pages...

It's that time of year when all of the Pages are either returning to college or heading there for the first time, so to say goodbye I took them out for coffee and snacks. It is always so sad when they leave, I hate having to deal with new Pages that don't know what they are doing and that I have no emotional connections with -- I really do love my Pages and we are all very good friends despite the age difference (Which is between four years "Favorite Page #2" & eight years "Favorite Page #3"). Not seeing them during the week is gonna suck because I have more fun with them than I do with the majority of the rest of the staff but they'll be back eventually.

365 Days Of Pictures: Day 170...

Today was "Favorite Page #1's" last day of work for the summer before heading back to college, so we decided to have a crêpe party instead of doing any kind of work.

Gifts Pour Moi...

It's almost that time of year when the Pages either are getting ready to go away to college for the first time or back for another year. So because she is about to leave for her first year at college "Favorite Page #3" drew/painted me a picture to leave under my blotter and I figured I'd scan it and show it to the rest of the world.

In addition to getting pictures today, "Favorite Page #1" left me a package of Little Miss & Little Mr stickers. I put them all over the chaos that is the cardboard covering my actual desk -- Yes, for those of you wondering about all the crap on my desk, it is all painted on pieces of cardboard that I have taped down because I do a lot of painting and artsy crafty stuff from the comfort of my desk.

Misfit To The Rescue...

As I was sitting in Starbucks with "Favorite Page #3" waiting for "Favorite Page #1" to arrive (We were gonna have late birthday coffee) I got a phone call from Erin saying that she and Maria were stuck on the side of an industrial road because they ran out of gas. I appologized to "Favorite Page #3" and asked her to tell "Favorite Page #1" I was sorry and give her the mini cupcake I bought her.

I drove to where they were stuck, busted out my emergency kit (Thanks Mom!!), got out the gas can, had the girls jump in my car and we got some gas but not without a little chaos. I filled up the weird collapsible can and couldn't get the cap on, so I ended up getting gas all over me (I still smell like a gas station after washing my hands 50 million times) and my car -- As I was struggling with the can Erin was taking pictures.

Eventually Maria went inside the station, got some one that worked there and he tried to help, but we ended up having to buy a new gas can (Which Maria ended up giving to me as a gift for helping). I drove them back to the car, filled up the tank with whatever gas was left in the new gas can and followed them as they drove back to the gas station and filled the car up.

It was so ridiculous and funny. I'm glad I was able to save them.

Happy Birthday...

Librarian In The City...

I was lucky enough to have this fine day off and I spent it in New York City with "Favorite Page #1" doing various things. We left Long Island early and headed into NYC to have scones and tea at Alice's Tea Cup (Chapter 2) for breakfast -- My personal recommendation is the buttermilk scone and almond tea, those are my favorite. After taking our sweet time in Alice's we walked up to 74th Street and into Central Park to go take pictures at the Alice in Wonderland statue. We were at the statue forever because there were mommies and nannies all over the place letting the kids play on the statue, not giving anyone a chance to take pictures near it.

Once we got a couple of pictures we walked through the park, looked at various things and continued to walk down 5th Avenue looking into the stores, shopping and just hanging out. By the time we hit Times Square we were both hungry again and headed over to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. for some good ol' fashioned theme restaurant food.

When we were done eating we continued walking around. We headed to the Macaron Café so I could buy a ton of French macarons (because I love them so) and then we decided that it was time to head back to Long Island because it was already after 5:00pm, so we hopped on the LIRR and went home.

It was a great day and I had so much fun hanging out with "Favorite Page #1" in the City. I look forward to our next adventure.

365 Days Of Pictures: Day 79...

Return Of "Favorite #1"...

"Favorite Page #3" and I went over to "Favorite Page #1's" house to surprise her because it was her first day back from her first year away at college. I picked up lunch and cookies for everyone and we waited at her house until she got back. She was happy and surprised to see us -- We threw confetti at her as she walked in. After lots of hugs, we all ate lunch and we talked for hours before she had to go run errands with her mother. I'm so happy she is home and I can't wait for her to come back to work.