Date With Myself

I have worked too much lately: Job #2 on Sat., Patrol on Sun. too late b/c of a stupid ticket I wrote that had an error on it; and yesterday I had to go do an exhibit at this horrible, dark, seedy nightclub of all places, for Latino AIDS awareness day from 2-4:30, then hustle up to the extreme opposite of town in rush-hour traffic AND the rain, to teach the Folk Remedies class one more time at 6pm. My throat had been hurting a little on Sunday and also a little last night. When I finished with the class I had to get back home--again at the extreme opposite end of town--and I was so tired I wanted to sleep at the wheel!

Ok, it didn't help that I was up until after 1am on Sunday night watching the Spike Lee documentary, but it was so good I couldn't look away! So last night, lying on the couch and eating a dinner of soup heated up by S, I decided I was going to bed early AND taking a sick day today in order to give my throat, body, and psyche a chance to heal. I slept about 10 hours last night and needed it! And this afternoon I decided to take myself out on a date and went to see Into The Wild, the new movie by Sean Penn based on a true story and a book that I've--naturally--read. Unfortunately I had to leave the movie early so I could make it to Job #2 on time! :-( It was longer than I thought it would be. Good thing I know how it ends, heh heh.

Tomorrow I'm taking the day off from Job #1 in order to put in a full day at the new Job #2. I had brunch with Tito J. on Sunday and he says I am going to have to do some cataloging there. Holy balls, I haven't done any cataloging, ever. Sure, I took 2 classes on the subject in library school but that was 13 freakin' years ago! Is there a website on the subject? Anyway, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I wonder if I'll miss dealing with the hoi polloi library patrons? Tonight we had a seizure occur and everyone was freaking out except me. The teenage boy collapsed and the mom was screaming out and everyone was gathering around and I immediately and calmly announced, "It's ok, he's just having a seizure, he's going to be all right." We called 911 anyway and EMS came and dealt with it. We've been having a rash of incidents around here, from what they've told me. In separate incidents, 2 people broke bones outside just yesterday on the library's porch! I hope the city's prepared for lawsuits.

I'm reading about 5-6 books at a time right now. I'm trying to read as much as possible before I gotta turn them back in at Job #2. It's a wild adventure!