Monday

What I'm doing between questions:

9:00 in the children's room

• Oops, didn't realize I was "on" so nothing is set up. But since there's no one in here but me and one of the pages (who doesn't know which computers to turn on), it's all good
• And that page brings me a book that she found on the shelf that doesn't have the same call number as the one on the picklist....
• ....which leads to me trying to fix it and Millennium taking a solid 5 minutes to bring up the record...
• Maintenance guy comes to check on one of the bathroom door locks [email from me yesterday about it being loose and acting weird, according to the Admin Asst who didn't want to email him]
• And why is the craft-room door locked??
• OK, bathroom doors are fine
• Some people with small children wander through...

10:00 in the children's room

• More people wandering in and out 
• [phone] Renew materials [@10: 39]

Saturday

What I'm doing between questions: email, RSS feeds, and Public Library Catalog.

9:00 in the children's room

• Two former pages who are now engaged are here picking out books for her pre-school class. So good to catch up with them, and OMG I am old--they are fully adults, been out of college several years....

10:00 in the children's room

• More art in the adult section... [x 2 or so]
• Cleaning guy ... blah blah blah
• As I move on, I leave 3 teen/tweeners in here shoulder surfing on one computer...and they are (so far) quiet

11:00

• Naturally, Librarian J did absolutely none of the reserves placed yesterday or today..... :-\
• Two birthing books for a very pregnant woman (her sixth) [one we have, one is an ILL]
• No open computers, except for two that show open but have people online [SAM=FUBAR]
• Werewolf needs her print money back [blah blah blah--her card is wet when she hands it to me, but I give her her $.40 back]
• More people waiting for open computers....

12:00

• Werewolf needs maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire [printy printy printy] and Europe from the 12th century [more printy]
• Friendly dude and I both suggest the other go outside and enjoy the weather [he's leaving; I can't go yet]
• Pay to print x3
• Classified ads and pencil/paper
• Pencil/paper
• Woman yells from nearby computer: "Help! Can you help me?" [well take off your earphones FIRST dumbass and no there really isn't any other way to turn up the sound...maybe the headphones are broken]
• Help logging on to SAM

Thursday (a.k.a. my Friday)*

What I'm doing between questions: checking Book Award winners announced this month against our catalog

1:00 in the children's room

• "There's more art in the adult area..." [a young man--possibly just out of high school--looking at the art; he already had seen what was there. oh well]
• Overheard from across the room: "Just go away! Do something!" [adult on computer to child, probably about age 5....nice parenting skills there]
• Why is it that "SHHHH!" from a parent is nearly always louder than the kid "making noise"??
• [phone] "I'm trying to log into My Media Mall...." [whoa-up, let me get you to Reference]
• [phone] ...for the Admin Asst.

*After Friday, I will work my occasional 7-days-straight shift. Gee but I love those.

Wednesday

What I'm doing between questions: checking in Public Library Catlog 2013 for what we own. In my collection sections only.

11:00

• Just as I arrive, a woman needs to save her resume so she can attach it to an email. Librarian M sets her up with our Reference thumb drive on her way to her office.
• Piano music books
• Do we know anyone who repairs computers? [hello, Yellow Pages] She says the internet won't let her online because of all the buttons she pushed [I can't make anymore sense out of it than that, so I tell her it probably won't be too hard to fix, and send her on her way]
• Homeless dude...order of protection...needs to chat...45 minutes later...[we have absolutely nothing on orders of protection from any perspective, and anyway, since he's the one who has to stay away, we wouldn't be real likely to have much in the first place; poor, young, naive guy (who's probably telling me a Big Fat Lie)]

I was on desk at least an hour yesterday, but it must have been busy, since I didn't have time to log in, nor do I remember much of anything except a prolonged trip to the Local History area where I had to explain from scratch what we've got and how to use it.

Monday

What I'm doing between questions:

12:00

• Three proctored tests have arrived in the mail; I have no idea what to do with them, but I read the (limited) instructions and hope for the best
• Paper/pencil
• Three books, only one of which is in our system; he decides to wait to order it until after he's done with the two he's got now
• Dude shows me photos in a book on Ireland that are in a book on Ireland he has at home which wasp published 120 years ago....
• Deaf woman asks if her email was sent "automatically" when the screen showed an airplane. Of course she's logged out now, so I have no idea but I say I think so
• I ask gentleman 25 yards from me to please turn down his headphones as I can hear it from the desk; he says he would love to but doesn't know how [ah, well, then...I turn it down]
• There are still MORE baby Mormons here today. Two I vaguely recognize, maybe, but the others are  new faces [how can one tell a baby Mormon without seeing a nametage? men: white shirt, tie, black pants & shoes, occasionally a suit or sports jacket, and very conservative haircut. women: long skirt, conservative haircut, usually a white shirt (but not always), and usually a cardigan or jacket. Both: using the internet endlessly to update their mission reports. No Facebook, some emailing.]
• Local history intro/tutorial

*1:00

• Refresh the new baby Mormons' time
• Fax
• We have a full on chair dancer...sitting straight in front of my computer screen. She's also occasionally singing along with YouTube. AND I can totally hear the song. ...sigh, I'll be over there to shush her shortly
• Librarian M comes out from the workroom and says she'll cover from 2-4 today because 5 hours is ridiculous, and 4 hours straight is unreasonable for anyone
• Now one of the babies is watching some kind of loud video. It is far too quiet in here, I guess.
• Friend stops to chat
• "Not sure where we found these on the shelves..." [we'll do that for you]
• The singer/dancer knows I'm watching her...but she's really engrossed....nevermind--I've told her not to sing along
• Meanwhile, another regular comes in with his own earbuds on 11....
• Paper/pencil
• Librarian M looking for III's help page finds only help for their new platform, not the one we're on. Nice.
• Refresh older baby Mormon's time
• How to spell "nephew"
• Where to print
• Last week's girl who didn't receive her test for us to proctor is back asking for all our contact info again
• Cooking books, cooking dictionaries, but couched as "Do you have any cooking books?" [uhm, yeah]
• Pay to print

2:00  Librarian M took pity on me
3:00  I asked Librarian C to cover this hour so I could catalog at least a few of the things with holds

*6:00 in the children's room

• I forgot this was "opening night" for the school district's spring art display. Consequently, it is absolutely MAYHEM in here: lots of kids and families, lots of questions, and the new children's librarian is getting to meet people that I can introduce her to as they wander through. However, as far as I'm concerned 7:00 cannot come soon enough. Probably 25 reference questions and requests for the bathroom keys in the first half hour. By 6:50, it has settled down to just plain busier-than-usual

*These were my originally-scheduled desk hours today. One librarian called in sick. There are 5 other librarians at work today. Are you kidding me, Schedule Person?!

Tuesday

What I'm doing between questions: reading Autocat posts, etc.

7:00 in the children's room

• Really sweet boy asks if he and his sister/friend/whatever can go in the craft room and look at the fish tank from that side [I say no, but I will probably take them in there in a sec when they're done with the Peeps viewing; it's pretty quiet in here]
• ...and now I have fishtank eyes and feel mildly motion sick (ugh) [but they were VERY appreciative and nice]
• Help with printing
• Quick walk-through nets me one lost library card at the printer [I call to let her know I found it] and not another soul in the room with me

8:00 in the children's room

• Help with formatting and printing
• Teen girl walks in talking (rather loudly of course) on her phone: "Becausse it ISSSS. That's what I saaaiddd...." and uptalking [welcome to town, Kim Kardashian...ugh] ; ooh and then we get to hear whining, too, and Spanglish [she is 35 feet from me and I can hear every . word . "...the whi'e onnne....aaate-forrrtyyyy-fiive! Check in da miiiiicowa'e ovvennnn" argh]
• ...and she leaves, still on the phone, clearly in a mild panic: "Wha' am aaaIii suppoz to doooo?"
• Time for final clean up so I'm shutting down.