It's been a while

I know, I haven't written in a while, again. I went on vacation again. A roadtrip to Washinton State. Ate lots of good food, pesto mac, Kansas style BBQ. Then I got sick. Can I get a woohoo for getting sick on vacation.

Now I am back at work and still sick. Being on the bookmobile sick isn't nearly as fun as when you aren't sick. And the weather has been super hot. We have been driving with our older vehicle while the other was getting worked on. The older one has inferior air conditioning, if you can even call it that. Being on the bookmobile hasn't been pleasant, but I am getting better. Yesterday we were giving away summer reading books and one of our patrons, a 13 year old girl who reads a ton and loves Inu Yasha, pointed out to me the funny part in one of the volumes. One of the characters was groping another's rear. I love that she pointed out the dirty part.

Today, I hit a garbage can and knocked it over. It was fine. My boss hopped out and set it up again. We were within 30 feet of our stop and our waiting patron saw me do the deed. When she got on she said, "What the hec, knock it down," then went on to talk about inconsiderate people and how they should put away their garbage cans.

On the way out she hit her arm on the railing. She ripped off a quarter size chunk of skin and started bleeding. It's awful how fragile the elderly are. I sometimes forget that they are elderly because they are so spunky, then something happens and they get hurt. I gave her a wipe and tissue and bandaid. If I could/If she let me I probably would have banadaged up her whole arm. But that gets me thinking too, am I allowed to do this or is this something that I will get in trouble for, legally? Hmm . . . questions to ponder.

Tomato home finder, navigator and parallel parker expert

Today on the bookmobile one of our patrons asked if we would like some of her homegrown tomatoes. My coworker said that she already has some at home and I said I don't eat vegetables (but now that I think about it, tomatoes are fruit aren't they?) She was very upset that she didn't have anyone to give the tomatoes to. So, I said I would take them and find them a home.

And I parallel parked the bookmobile today! Hoorah! and I correctly navigated our way to one of our stops when we approached it from another direction! Hoorah!

My job description should now read: Bookmobile librarian, Tomato home-finder, Navigator and Parallel parker expert!

Bookmobile Lady music video

This is great!

Bookmobile Lady music video about the Wilderness Coast Public Libraries bookmobile.

In the words of Kyle 1 - I'm Back!

I am back from Comic Con 2007! It was long trip. San Diego was warm and humid. I know this is my bookmobile blog, but I was on vacation and I have semi-library book things I can talk about. So, here it is.

There was a paranormal romance panel with six different authors: Laurell K. Hamilton, Jeanne Stein, Laura Anne Gilman, Carrie Vaughn, Marjorie Liu, and Samantha Sommersby.

I got my picture taken with Marjorie Liu! She is one of my favorite authors.

I also had books signed by Carrie Vaughn (We talked music) and Laura Anne Gilman (We talked tentacles). Laura Anne Gilman signing my book!

I came home with a huge bag of books. It was awesome! And I would like to thank the Luna/Gold Eagle/Silhouette (Harlequin) booth. They were super nice. And I found out from Mel Odom how to tell which Rogue Angel books are written by which author. (They are published under the pen name of Alex Archer, but are actually written by Mel Odom, and Victor Milan, and possibly someone else.) On the copyright page, Gold Eagle gives special thanks to the real author. So now you know. Grand Central Publishing was also really great. They were really interested in the library and talking with us. They even gave my coworker freebies to give away to her teen patrons.

Where to go next . . . I met the creators of Unshelved, library comics at their best. Maybe there will be more bookmobile stories?

On an unrelated note, Mori Chack, creator of Gloomy Bear, drew me a picture! I can make it related to books, just watch me! His designer toy has been featured in two books: Dot Dot Dash and I am Plastic.

And finally, I bought a tshirt befitting all library geeks: She blinded me with library science

Overall it was great, now I have to start reading and get back to bookmobile topics. Coming up a review of Books on Wheels and a tour of the vehicle.ps I am a librarian and I have pink hair!