I Haven't Even Been At Work An Hour...

I haven't even been at work an hour (As the post title states) and I cannot even explain to you how annoyed I already am. It all started the minute I parked... As soon as I pull into a parking space I open my door, go to grab my purse and then someone starts beeping at me because they want to park in the spot next to me. This just pissed me off beyond belief because I would never ever do that, so I took my sweet time getting out of my car, looked at them and yelled "You need to wait..." then I started crossing the street. As I was doing so they ended up crashing their car into the raised curb. I just turned around, laughed, said "That is what you get for beeping at me!" and walked into the library.

Not five minutes after that the aggravation continues inside. One of my coworkers starts telling that our Department Head was bitching because I had made plans ahead of time to see my cousin who was in from California this weekend and couldn't cover "Amy's" Saturday shift because she unexpectedly slipped, sprained her back and is going to be out for the next week. This just sent me over the edge. I started screaming in the office (Don't worry there were no patrons in the building). I swear if she has the audacity to come up to me and say something I'm going to flip on her. She and I aren't the only librarians in the department, there are two other not counting "Amy" who she could ask but she won't -- Apparently for some reason unbeknownst to me "Julia" cannot be left alone, so she couldn't have covered the day.

I try to calm down because I heard the elevator beep from outside the room and go sit at the reference desk. Three minutes later I get a phone call from a frantic teacher who launches into a story about how she has been a teacher forever bouncing from grade to grade and how she is working with another teacher and needs to do a joint lesson on blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... She proceeds to ask me to pull books on various topics, she has no titles or anything. I resisted the urge to tell her that she needs to do her own work and just said okay.

On top of all of the things that have happened in the past hour there is a concert going on in the auditorium and it SUCKS.

Lets hope the next three hours go better.

Overdue: Wandering Around The Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park...

Here are some pictures I took while Justin and I were wandering around the Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park here on Long Island one random Sunday last month...

Fried Pickles & Baby Daddies...

I worked my first Sunday of 2012 today, but unfortunately it was relatively boring. We had the normal computer issues, last minute finding of books for book reports, etc. It was a boring normal day at the library... But that doesn't mean I had a fully boring day. All of the interesting stuff happened after 5:00pm.

When I got out of work at 5:00pm I noticed that I had a missed call from Erin. I listened to the voicemail to find out that she and our crazy friend were sitting in a local restaurant/bar with the dude from Chicago that knocked crazy up. Can you say drama?

Confused? Okay lemme back this up for you. I have a crazy friend lets call her "Lindsay" and about a month & a half ago she met this dude while she was in Florida, had a week long fling with him and now she is knocked up -- Yup true story, I couldn't make this up if I wanted to. So when she found out she called him to curse him out. His reaction? He is super excited. Now he is in New York trying to do the right thing. Problem with this? She likes jerks and this dude seems like a genuinely nice guy. So God knows what is gonna happen, but you can bet when I find out I'll be writing about it because it'll probably be amazing because "Lindsay" and drama are one in the same.

The rest of the evening was duller than meeting "Lindsay's" baby daddy, but I did try fried pickles for the first time in my life and I think I'm in love.

Deep Fried Foods I've Tried

• Twinkies
• Oreos
• Mac & Cheese
• Pickles
• Reese Peanut Butter Cup
• Ice Cream
• Banana

After leaving the restaurant/bar Phil, Erin and I did some pre Vegas shopping at various stores and then I went tanning with Erin. An eventful day I think, or at least a semi-productive one...

365 Days Of Pictures: Day 270...

This is the photo of the day because this is how I spent my Sunday at work. Checking to see if we own books or not and pulling up ISBN numbers. Fun right?

Sunday Librarian...

Instead of going to Nicole's baby shower today I ended up going to work (Because my mother yelled at me, so I had to go) and I've had to deal with mouthy middle school aged boys, porn on the computers thus leading me to ban a boy from the library for two weeks, a weird concert/event thingy in our auditorium, the evil family (The member of this family is annoying, mouthy, rude, disrespectful and more), tons of teachers, crying children, etc. It's a lot packed into a four hour work day. The silver lining of the day is the fact that I'm going to see the Foo Fighters tonight at Madison Square Garden. I cannot wait until 5:00pm.

Sick On A Sunday...

This is my first Sunday of the new Sunday season and I'm dying. Last night my body decided that it hated me and out of nowhere my temperature jumped to 100.3° and now I'm suffering. I'm having a mild TMJD flare up, my temperature is bouncing between 99.3° and 100.3°, I have a headache, I'm coughing like I'm a three pack a day smoker and I just feel like crap. So as you can guess the library is the last place I want to be when I feel like this. I've already put a bunch of teens in their place and told them I'm not in the mood for their crap today. I'm stuck here for another two and a half hours, I'll keep you up-to-date on how I feel unless I die at the desk that is.

Sunday Funday...

Today was my first day back at work since I went on bereavement leave and it was so slow, but I got to work with my Department Head who just confirmed how awesome I am and how boring the library is with out me -- She totally missed me.

After work I met up with Erin and Maria, who were walking their dogs. We ended up walking to one of our other friend's houses and getting drunk -- This is not how I typically spend my Sundays, but apparently it is how my new friends roll. We spent a couple of hours there and then we ended up going to one of the local bars where they continued to drink while I watched them. Eventually Erin and I got bored of them and left.

All in all, I'd say it was a good Sunday.

Bereavement Leave...

I feel bad that I haven't really posted much this week. I'm currently on bereavement leave and life has been boring in spite of that. I'll be back at work on Sunday and hopefully then I'll have something to write about.

First Sunday...

Today was the first Sunday that I've worked in over a month and it was so boring. I was working with my Department Head (whom I love) but she is such a pain in the ass on Sundays. She always finds the most random and/or tedious tasks to do. Today she had me call forty people that signed up for this program we're having on Wednesday to tell them to bring cereal and/or brightly colored boxes with them because that is what the program provider asked us to do Friday -- People signed up for this program over a month ago, you think the guy would have warned us about this when we first booked him.

After that I created certificates for various people, withdrew a bunch of Magic School Bus VHS tapes (which I brought home for my sister because she loved the Magic School Bus as a kid), yelled at children for various reasons, etc.

On top off all of this we had elementary aged kids in today talking to each other about Jersey Shore -- Which we just found disturbing, children screaming at their grandparents for various reasons, children hiding and freaking their grandparents out, teenage girls doing exercises on the floor in our Young Adult Fiction room, stupid question, etc. Thankfully I get paid double time on Sundays to deal with all of this crap.

Betta Battle...

The minute I walked into work today I was greeted with the horrific sight of both of my betta fish (Red Fish & Blue Fish) in the same bowl. I found one of the bowls on the floor cracked with water still in it. I ended up flipping out and running to find a pitcher to put one of the fish in, but I think it might be a hopeless cause because Blue Fish looks beaten badly. I would like to know who was stupid enough to put Siamese Fighting Fish together in one small bowl. I can't believe people.

Snowy Sunday...

Despite there being a blizzard outside today I had to go to work. And what did I do at work? Nothing because all of five people came in and they just came in for DVDs, so they didn't even ask my Department Head or I anything. We did get to close all of 45 minutes early. Going into work was a total waste of my time today.

I did get a phone call from the wrong side of the phone chain about the library being closed tomorrow -- I used to be a Clerk so on the old list I'm on the clerical side, but I haven't been a Clerk for a while and they put out a new list last week. I had to tell the person calling me that I wasn't on their list so I had no idea who was next and she'd have to call someone else.

Sick Sunday...

Despite still being sick I went into work today. To be honest, the only reason I went in is because I get paid double time on Sundays. Unfortunately it was a Sunday with "Julia" but as soon as she came in I made it a point to tell her that I was still sick so that she'd leave me alone. And leave me alone she did, actually just about everyone left me alone the four hours I was at work (They probably thought I was an outbreak monkey). So it ended up being a pretty peaceful day, but it was a long four hours. I slightly regret going in because I totally could have slept all day, but my student loan bills came in and I need the money.

BYOC: Bring Your Own Crayons...

As you all know we took the toys and the coloring sheets away about a week and a half ago. On Friday my Department Head decided to put the toys back out but not the coloring sheets because the parents that come in don't watch their children and they color all over the place. Today some woman had the nerve to bring in her own crayons and ask me for coloring sheets. I could not believe this lady. I told her politely that I we didn't have anymore coloring sheets (which is a lie) and she magically made some appear. She was even giving them to random children. This woman had some gall. I told my Department Head and she shrugged it off -- I don't think she would have if it wasn't a Sunday.

Sundays In November...

I was originally supposed to be off today and I ended up covering for one of the other librarians, so I spent my Sunday trapped in the library with "Julia" and some bitchy/crazy patrons.

Patron #1: Bitched me out because the copy machine ate her dollar -- I didn't turn the copy machine on so this was her own fault, sound familiar? It's the story of my life. I gave her a dollar to shut her up and sent her downstairs to annoy the Adult Services Librarians and use their copy machines.

Why do I end up dealing with so much copy machine drama?!

Patron #2: Asked me where she and her son could find books that won a Newbery award. I explained to her that they were mixed in with the other juvenile books, but they would have an award sticker on them stating that it had won the Newbery. She said okay and walked away, only to come back when "Julia" was sitting at the desk to ask her the same question like I lied to her. "Julia" gave her the same freaking answer and from her it was okay.

Again, just because I have pink hair doesn't mean I don't know what I am doing.

Patron#3: Crazy old lady who wanted to buy our stuff turkey off of us. We tried to explain to her she could order one off the internet, but she wanted ours and she was willing to pay. We tried to explain to her that there was no way the Department Head would sell the turkey and she just started spatting out crap about whatever. It was weird. I let her take this stuffed chicken that someone left a few months ago that was just hanging out in the lost and found bin.

Aside from these three I was called flamingo head by a teenage boy and got bitch face from a teenage girl because I said she was a fire hazzard. Lovely Sunday.