I worked today. It was good, everyone seems to be in that nice pre Christmas but still not quite close enough to be feeling the pressure and being arsey type glow which makes for friendly jolly interactions. It won’t last of course, this time next week everyone will be stressed beyond belief at not having finished all their shopping, knowing when to start defrosting the turkey and fretting about whether they have enough sprouts or how to deal with the fact their son has decided he doesn’t like Doctor Who after all and wants all his presents to be Simpsons related despite the fact you’ve bought all Doctor Who stuff and wrapped it all up already :lol:. But for now it is all very chilly, wrapped up warm, hustle and bustle type stuff. At least three borrowers came in today to get books to take on holiday away with them including a very excited couple off tomorrow to spend Christmas staying with their son in New York. I said I had friends out there on holiday and how we were getting reports of their snow filled days of wonder 😉 and how very envious I was – one day eh?!
The big news is that they have taken on extra staff to cover a couple of vacancies and we have a new Nicola and a new Sarah starting, bringing our total up to two Nicolas and three Sarahs – just like being back at school! They did say there was ‘only one Nicola’ really though and I explained that everywhere else unless I am in trouble with my Mum I get called Nic rather than Nicola anyway so they said they might adopt that now, which will feel a bit strange actually – I’ve gotten quite used to having a work persona with another name, I can see why Annette likes it ;).
Julie, Jack and Maisie were here this morning and my Dad this afternoon and apparently everyone had a nice day although thankfully Ady beat me home by nearly an hour so all evidence of good days on the carpet and in the bedrooms had been cleared up, the children had been fed and there was a cup of tea waiting for me. Ady makes an excellent wife ;).
I took a couple of photos of my display at the library:
and Scarlett wanted to share a video of her dancing to Amy Winehouse with the world so insisted I video it earlier in the week. It makes me smile, particularly the ending (I promise it’s worth watching two minutes of my daughter prancing around for the last few moments!)
Very cute, lol at the last bit, and I love how her hair swishes, I want that hair!
I feel like a very good friend now.
And with displays like that you’ll be infiltrating primary schools soon.