Uhh.... your blood pressure's a bit high...

...how can that happen, you ask? After all, you're a public librarian! What do you do all day, read books?

Aha, not so!

Let's just say that last Thursday was a day from, well, that hot place down there.

It all started bright and early with a phone call. Did you know that some authors charge about $7500 for a visit? Yes. You read me right, I didn't typo, &7500 for a freaking two hour visit! Uhm hmmmm... so, when I spoke with the author's "people" they seemed a bit shocked that a non-profit, public institution could not afford to pay that much. I counter-offered $4500. Needless to say, I was turned down. I'm a little pissed, after all, in a few months, I'll be promoting this author's works to a city of 70 000, not to mention the surrounding area of over 1 000 000 000 (nope, not a typo!)

So, that was start #1.

#2, Uh... did you know that as a supervisor, you have to keep track of employee hours DUH! What an idiot! I made a mistake, and the part timer worked more than the full timer. I suck.

#3, No, it's not lunch burning! Some kids decided it would be fun to burn a pay stub in the library. Um hmmm... that's unlawful burning to all you interested parties. Ok, so the police came, I figured out how to work the surveillance equipment, problem solved.

#4, Um hmmm, you guessed it, graffiti in the men's room. Geez, you all have a hard enough time controlling your own pen in there, what are you doing with a marker?

Needless to say, Friday am (after I got off the phone with the Officer investigating the burning, graffiti, etc) at the md's office, my blood pressure was 'elevated.'

How was your week?