Good deed

I was rear-ended a week ago Tuesday. Then on Sunday I was rear-ended yet again. The week before my bumper got smooshed twiced the coin holder in my car fell off....does that count as three hits? (cause I'm really over it) I went to Acura where my lovely Tony pushed the bumper back in place so it didn't look so sad. The estimate to replace it was CRAZY high so I decided to just live with my scratched/cracked bumper because the young man who made the initial hit was so contrite and so nice. I called him today to tell him I was letting him off the hook for the replacement and he told me he has a friend who he thinks will be able to fix it up a bit. SO all is well that ends well and both he and I feel better about our little accident. Afterall what are bumpers for if you can't bump them?

Father's Day

This is one of three days out of the year that I allow myself to really wallow in the fact that I miss my dad. It'll be 15 years on August 15th since he died and truth be told not a week goes by when I don't think of him and wonder if he would be proud of the person I've become and the job that I do.
I laughed so hard today that I almost peed and I definitely farted....more than once! In past years I've cried on this day but I think it is much more appropriate that I had an honest to goodness belly-laugh. Yep, it is better to laugh than cry. Definitely!

Dream Cafe and friends

Met L and A for dinner tonight at the Dream and it was such fun. Conversation ran the gamut from work to men to food to shoes to you name it, but the best part was the wondrous feeling of acceptance I had upon my departure, something that you can only get from an evening with the girls!

Now I'm couch-bound for the rest of the night which suits me just fine as I ran all over town in this 100 degree heat we had today in search of gemstone stickers or glitter stickers to go on the 300 princess and prince crowns we will use at Bookmarks 2nd Birthday Bash next week. I was successful so it was worth the effort and that's what counts in my world.

A New Era at DPL

Our library director retired yesterday and our interim director started today. The biggest difference on the 2nd floor was the attitude; it was much lighter and there was a lot more laughter. The outlook is still pretty dismal budget-wise for the library department. It irks me that our fine mayor who has been a strong library supporter and proponent of literacy will not concede that it is time to raise the tax base. Just one lousy cent per household would maintain the library at its current budget! Stay tuned as this saga will continue until August.

Summer reading is up and running even though the damn database it giving me fits, but what else it new, it does this every year! But otherwise things seem to be going well---I even got some positive feedback from a few managers at out meeting this afternoon, which was pleasant change of pace.

Children's Center construction still hasn't started but I'm told we are still on track to re-open in the winter! Amazingly the floor was demolished months ago but we must wait for them to complete the L1 level before starting on our project. I know it will be here before I know it but it seems like it is taking forever.