At the Window

He would barge in through the front door, but the library’s still closed to the public. And Quincy is much too polite to break the rules.

Back to Work

Did I mention that Quincy’s taking this very seriously?

‘Cause he is.

Side note: I am doing MUCH better which is a huge relief. Hopefully it means the surgery’s working.

We’ve been closed for over a month now. The e-mail letting our patrons know the library system was closing to the public was sent out in January. There are signs all over the door and parking lot telling people what to do to get their books.

And yet, this.

At this point, I don’t know how we can make it any clearer save for putting up a giant neon sign that says “CLOSED.”

Working from Home

Now, I know that I am super duper lucky to be employed right now. Believe me, it’s a relief to not have to think about unemployment.

But it’s still not the same.

I miss working with the books. I miss being at the returns desk. I even miss interacting with the patrons to an extent.

Not all of them. But most.

It’s not fun being here at home, at the dining room table, scrolling through the library catalog and trying to figure out what to do with my time. Plus, my sole coworker only really seems to care about mealworms and napping. Not much for conversation.

I know when we reopen, things are going to be different. My boss is already talking about masks, installing plastic shields on the desks, trying to make sure we can still do the six feet apart deal – that’s fine. I’ll take it.

It’s gonna be nuts whenever we reopen, I know that for sure.

Until then, I’ll be here. Teleworking. Having a blast and a half.

After Work

…maybe “rough” was the wrong word here. “Weird,” definitely.

Our entire system was taken down at work for a few days in preparation for a new one to take its place. This meant, however, that we couldn’t do anything. At all. Just check out books offline and tell people over and over again that no, we couldn’t renew their books/look up their accounts/try to find a book/basically diddly squat.

Kind of a surreal working experience. Thankfully all is well and up and running.