Stop the Insanity!!

Oh, wait, the insanity stops tomorrow, at least until September. But it was in full force today. Get this: the SCM and I got into the library this morning and it had been re-arranged.

Here's what that means. Several posters, as well as a framed portrait of George Washington, were taken down, and left in random places. Some of the tables had been turned so that they were now sideways. Many smaller pieces, like the sign-in desk, were on the other side of the room. The small clock and the fire drill instructions were missing, at first. The photocopier was unplugged and moved over about eight feet. And the best of all: the ten or so stacks (each stack is one vertical six-shelf bookshelf) that we had left empty because of the flood a few weeks ago and the work on the ceiling to be done above it were filled with books. The books that we had arranged on carts so that we could re-shelve them properly had been randomly put on the shelves for artistic effect, the way you would arrange shelves at home, but never in a library, with some books facing forward, some on their sides, some at angle. Even weirder, several frames photographs had been taken from the SCM's desk -- he's a very good photographer -- and placed here and there, some in the stacks with the books, one on the so-called circulation desk.

WTF?

Several deep breaths later, we learned that the same architects who had brought us this nightmare of a library had been in on Saturday to take pictures of their beautiful creation. They wreaked all this havoc, and did not put a single thing back. (They also moved two chairs and a coffee table out of the lounge area and blocked the entrance to the computer area with them.) The principal knows, but was pre-occupied with graduation today (in? out? rain? shine?) and so I need to address this with him tomorrow. In the meantime, the SCM took lots of pictures.

(It was an indoor graduation, btw. They didn't set up outside, and then it never rained a drop.)

In other news, I picked up some Wii toys and have to return one thing -- the baseball bat/tennis racket/golf club thingy -- because it doesn't work. What surprised me was that I didn't really find a good store to get the stuff in; I started at Circuit City, which didn't even have one game, then tried Toys R Us and finally Best Buy, and wasn't happy with any of them. Target, where I started on Sunday, probably has the best stuff. Who knew?

And now my arm is very sore, but in a good way. But time to lie down anyway.


WATCHING KEITH OLBERMAN :: ENTRY #1787