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Today felt like Saturday. While most of the staff was off my plan of working 3 hours turned into 7 1/2 hours. There are some exciting changes happening at the library. Actually, it’s exciting for me. We’re working on reorganizing the flow of the Circulation and Cataloging departments. I love looking at a system and finding more efficient ways in making them work even better. Granted, I have a ton of stuff I have to do including homework, when I do something I really enjoy, like organizing, that’s what I pour myself into.

Once I was finished and made my way through traffic, I was exhausted. I went through the drive thru at Chick-fil-A and came home to relax. I feel like there is so much that I want to do but once I get home I would much rather do nothing at all. With no reading done this week I’ve been doing other things that clearly haven’t included writing my novel. However, I think tomorrow will definitely be the day when I make some headway on it. I know the first scene and I suppose once I write that then I’ll at least be making some real progress.

Homework + Chores + Typing up my poetry. I think that’s the plan for tomorrow. I know it is better to actually write rather than plan to write…

Yep, 12 hours in the office today. My boss isn’t a fan of these types of days for me. I don’t blame him as I often do them in succession and end up burning out. We’re moving one of our facilities into a newer but smaller space and so there is a lot that has to be done before we reopen. So, I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I have not written anything yet. I’m sure that my BFF thinks that I’m just blowing smoke by saying that I want to write a book. I really do. I do think that I’ll likely have to make the time to write as there seems to never be enough time otherwise. I’m still catching up on sleep and so my brain is not at all where it needs to be. I’ve also not done much reading this week which has me pretty disappointed.

I sit here waiting on my hubby. I think that that’s a part of what makes my sleep schedule crazy. We work very different hours and even though there are times I will stay in the office late in order to make use of the time that he’s also at work, it’s frustrating that our work schedules vary so much. If it wasn’t for me waiting up for him I’d be sleeping. While the rest of the staff will be off, I’ll be heading into the office tomorrow. I really don’t mind. I explained to someone earlier today that I like managing all the behind the scenes work.

The strangest thing happened to me this evening. I stopped to get gas and while I was preparing to get back into a car. A man passed me and said, “I really think your hairstyle suits your face, I want to marry you.” I politely laughed and got into my car and drove away. I was shocked. No, I don’t think that I’m ugly but I do think I’m less pretty the more weight I have on. So, that’s to say I don’t feel very pretty at present. Outside of my husband’s now occasional compliments I was truly shocked at the comment. He seemed in good spirits and was the type of middle-aged gentleman who clearly believes everyone needs to hear the music that he’s listening to in his car. I wouldn’t at all be surprised if, when he stepped from his car, there was a cloud of smoke to follow. I know, I’m being mean. I should just accept the compliment. Well then, compliment accepted.

I suppose I should just be glad that I’m writing something right this very moment. I had fully intended to do some writing today but go sidetracked by making some major moves on the back end of the websites I host. In addition to moving all of my sites from a hosting service and putting them on with WordPress.com I did the same with my brother’s, my dad’s and my husband’s. In each case they have domains in which they wanted email as well. I use a specific place where I obtain all my domain names. However, it’s been years since I used their overpriced hosting services. However, even with the free tools I’m able to do most of what I needed except for email. I discovered Zoho today. If there are people out there who have their own domains and for whatever reason cannot have email through their registrar or host Zoho’s free service. If you have questions or are interested let me know and I can write about it or simply give you all of the really simple info. The long and short of it is now I actually have an email account using my domain name. In the many years that I’ve had the domain I never have. To be quite honest, it’s because I have so many other email addresses for schools, work, business and Apple. If I really thought about it I wouldn’t be surprised if, with aliases, I had over 10 email accounts.

So yes, for hours today I was doing stuff for others. I did get some work done as well but not what I really wanted to do. I suppose subconsciously I am finding other things to do so that I can avoid the me actually sitting down and starting on my novel. Regardless, it’s been a really great past few days. Yes, even with sleep depravation I think that my mood has been pretty decent. And yes, I really should already be in bed.