People are asking me for things. Make it stop.

I've done like 3 more things. How is it still an hour until lunch?

I think I will go home at lunch (it's less than 10 min away) and have a race to see how much I can get cleaned up in the kitchen.

I'm currently avoiding responsibilities because I'm in meetings, but that grace period won't last past lunch.

FFS -- I just ripped off a nail trying to get my aligner out for lunch! Booooo.

Also, we're doing time tracking this month. Screwing around on the internet is Admin, right?

I have to finish my self assessment. Sigh.

I have to call 12 people and try to explain that they've placed a hold on the play version of the Diary of Anne Frank, instead of the diary itself (which is titled The Diary of a Young Girl.) The annoying thing is I just did this 6 weeks ago, calling 20 people. Probably Cataloging would not like it if I found a way to have a big flashing pop-up tell people putting a hold that this is NOT THE DIARY, right?

Also, someone called me from Seattle, wanting Grants information.

Also, someone called me from Seattle, wanting Grants information.

Tell them it's all about the Benjamins.

I have to call 12 people and try to explain that they've placed a hold on the play version of the Diary of Anne Frank, instead of the diary itself (which is titled The Diary of a Young Girl.)

True story: I was waiting at the desk of the Northside branch to check out a book (the day that branch gets self-checkout will be the Best Day Ever), behind a woman who was very unsure about what book she wanted, but she knew "it's a diary, about a young girl, I think it's a young adult book." The person at the desk had NO IDEA what she wanted. And I'm standing there thinking, "Isn't that Anne Frank?"

So the person at the desk gets a second person involved, but not so the second person can help while the first person checks out the line of people that's formed while they can't figure out what book this diary about a young girl could POSSIBLY be; no, BOTH people are now trying to puzzle out this heretofore completely unknown book. So -- I am not making this up -- they pull in a third person, which makes up the entirety of the employees at the branch. And all 3 of them, along with the very confused patron, look all over the YA section. And someone in the line calls out, "Could one of you please check us out?" Librarian #1 replies, "We're helping someone right now!"

There was almost a riot.

And finally they found it, and the patron says, "See! It's a diary about a young girl! It says so right here!" When Librarian #3 said, "Oh, Anne Frank!" I almost choked someone.

Screwing around on the internet is Admin, right?

Totally. Unless it's done as it is right now, where I am on a conference call AND internet. Multitasked!

Also, someone called me from Seattle, wanting Grants information.

Uh oh, my secret plan is out!

It's 12:30 and I just got to work.

What's an aligner?