Sat gis tamquam mus in matella

Mrs. Heffler was so proud of us when we worked on this Latin phrase from the Aeneid until we came up with the correct English translation: busy as a bee. And I am.

But first, the sad news yesterday morning was that our vice-principal had passed away the night before. This was the woman I had the huge -- and loud -- argument with in June; I had come in during the summer and apologized and cleared the air. She's been out ill for the last two or three months and didn't want anyone to know what she had, but it was ovarian cancer and she was fighting it as long and as hard as she could. Her death was unexpected, at least at this time, and it was a somber day in school yesterday.

As for my life in the library, I have been busy every minute since I got here Monday morning, which is just the way I like it. Until a few years ago, this is how it was all the time; it's what made coming to work fun. And this week, I'm not only jumping every minute, I'm doing it with a shadow, since the new librarian -- I believe I have dubbed her Judy -- knows how to be a librarian, but needs to learn our routine and the way we do things. I had the most wonderful class in this morning with a creative and deep-thinking type research project, but the second session is coming in when I'm at lunch, so it's all Judy's, and I won't even be able to watch her do it. (Although I may come back early from lunch for other reasons.) I hope this class is as good for her as mine was for me.

I have been told that the workers are coming to do the re-wiring of the computer and phone outlets at noon or shortly thereafter, which is in about fifteen minutes, and which is when I will be at lunch. So I may come back early to see how that's going. All of which means I may be able to have my desk moved today or tomorrow! WOOT!

Later, at home.

Needless to say, no wiring guys today. (I didn't really expect them.) I've been told they're coming in eight days, whatever that actually means. And no one -- no one -- seems to have a clear idea of what needs to be done. So it should be interesting.

It was a pretty day today, sunny, but very very cold. (It says 15 degrees in my little browser thingy.) Tomorrow it's going all the way up to 29! Wowzers.

All is quiet, all is relatively good. A smiley day today.


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