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Books from the tomb
Sep. 1st, 2004 07:12 amFor those who don't already know it, I work as the librarian for a private elementary/middle school - and anyone who works around a library will know that the work never stops, there's always something that needs repair, replacement, relocating, etc.
I had stocked up a nice batch of books to process as additions to the shelves and figured on some rearranging and such over the summer when there weren't any students and teachers doing the check-in-check-out thing, you know... when I'd have lots of time (ha!) but someone tried to break in to our library in the beginning of June. This unknown individual was apparently deranged, because there's nothing of value to the typical burglar in there - I mean, my typewriter and lamp are from a garage-sale, for pity's sake...my computers are oooold. I am quite attached to my books, but let's face it, none of them are rare collectibles. BUT they tried anyway, and while they did not succeed they did manage to mangle the knob.
So the facilities fix-it guy took the bad knob off, leaving the door unopenable. For three months.
A couple weeks ago I appealed to the principal in desperation when I checked yet again and found it still shut fast. She said "Oh yeah!" and got ahold of one of the fix-it guys. "Oh yeah!" he said, "We'll have to get that fixed." "Oh yeah!" she replied, "Seeing as school starts like, next week!"
SO I finally recieved a shiny new key into my hands, after doing a little jig in the hall when I came around the corner and saw a *KNOB*! it may not match all the other nice knobs in the hallway but IT OPENS. *crack* (it stuck shut!) *creeeeak* Like opening a time capsule from the previous school year, which seems very long ago right now.
Strange to look at the things I had laid out on the desk to do the next day... in June... and undisturbed. Nothing stays undisturbed at my house, so it was an odd feeling. So far all I've managed to do is remove a summer's worth of dust from everything, but I have hopes of getting it ready - we have more students than ever this time around. And you know, it's nice to be 'home' again.
I had stocked up a nice batch of books to process as additions to the shelves and figured on some rearranging and such over the summer when there weren't any students and teachers doing the check-in-check-out thing, you know... when I'd have lots of time (ha!) but someone tried to break in to our library in the beginning of June. This unknown individual was apparently deranged, because there's nothing of value to the typical burglar in there - I mean, my typewriter and lamp are from a garage-sale, for pity's sake...my computers are oooold. I am quite attached to my books, but let's face it, none of them are rare collectibles. BUT they tried anyway, and while they did not succeed they did manage to mangle the knob.
So the facilities fix-it guy took the bad knob off, leaving the door unopenable. For three months.
A couple weeks ago I appealed to the principal in desperation when I checked yet again and found it still shut fast. She said "Oh yeah!" and got ahold of one of the fix-it guys. "Oh yeah!" he said, "We'll have to get that fixed." "Oh yeah!" she replied, "Seeing as school starts like, next week!"
SO I finally recieved a shiny new key into my hands, after doing a little jig in the hall when I came around the corner and saw a *KNOB*! it may not match all the other nice knobs in the hallway but IT OPENS. *crack* (it stuck shut!) *creeeeak* Like opening a time capsule from the previous school year, which seems very long ago right now.
Strange to look at the things I had laid out on the desk to do the next day... in June... and undisturbed. Nothing stays undisturbed at my house, so it was an odd feeling. So far all I've managed to do is remove a summer's worth of dust from everything, but I have hopes of getting it ready - we have more students than ever this time around. And you know, it's nice to be 'home' again.