Had a bad day
Jan. 3rd, 2010 12:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalYesterday was bad.
The library was closed at the end of December and January 1 because of New Year's so yesterday there was a ton of work to do. Usually the bookdrop is 1-2 bins; yesterday it was 4.5! And the picklist (the list of books people have put on hold that we have to track down in the library and take off the shelves to put on the hold shelf for them) is usually 3 pages long; yesterday it was 8! Also, they put me on the circulation desk, where I have been put once before but I don't feel comfortable doing it and I didn't even notice my shift there on the schedule. Luckily, a fellow volunteer noticed and found me in the stacks and was sweet enough to take my shift for me, but I still feel guilty about asking her to (even though she's trained at it and I'm not and she doesn't mind). I think whoever has been making up the schedule lately doesn't have any idea who they are because they keep mixing up our duties.
But I don't mind hard work. I technically volunteer from 9am to 11am or 12am. I went home at nearly 2pm yesterday (that's how long it took to get everything done). I didn't eat during that time and my body was going sick with hunger. I came home and immediately ate and took something for the headache. But the headache didn't go away. I slept during most of the hockey game (which was AWFUL-- we traded our TEAM CAPTAIN and we haven't won a game since. It's the Clarky Curse) and when I woke up, my headache was still bad. I tried a shower, Head On, double Ibuprofen, nothing worked. Still a full, raging headache all day and night. (Today I feel better though). Yesterday I had soooo much planned to get done and I didn't do any of it. And today is the last day of vacation! Tomorrow I head back to work to a broken computer that will kick my arse.
And, yesterday, we got the call I was dreading. Pretty much every January, someone dies (in the past, it has mostly been grandparents). Yesterday, a friend of our family back in Iowa passed away. My dad is really broken up about it because he was very close to them. (He's had an awful week. On Thursday he apparently ran into my sister's car while trying to back up into the parking space amidst the snow and caused a bunch of damage--I only found out about it yesterday because I never get told anything.)
Also, I'm really behind on my Who-watching and I'm worried about spoilers. I want to catch up today... but there's so much I need to get done and can't afford to just sit and watch Doctor Who (and I don't want to half-ass David Tennant's last appearances as the Doctor!).
So we'll see what happens today, but it can't be as bad as yesterday!
The library was closed at the end of December and January 1 because of New Year's so yesterday there was a ton of work to do. Usually the bookdrop is 1-2 bins; yesterday it was 4.5! And the picklist (the list of books people have put on hold that we have to track down in the library and take off the shelves to put on the hold shelf for them) is usually 3 pages long; yesterday it was 8! Also, they put me on the circulation desk, where I have been put once before but I don't feel comfortable doing it and I didn't even notice my shift there on the schedule. Luckily, a fellow volunteer noticed and found me in the stacks and was sweet enough to take my shift for me, but I still feel guilty about asking her to (even though she's trained at it and I'm not and she doesn't mind). I think whoever has been making up the schedule lately doesn't have any idea who they are because they keep mixing up our duties.
But I don't mind hard work. I technically volunteer from 9am to 11am or 12am. I went home at nearly 2pm yesterday (that's how long it took to get everything done). I didn't eat during that time and my body was going sick with hunger. I came home and immediately ate and took something for the headache. But the headache didn't go away. I slept during most of the hockey game (which was AWFUL-- we traded our TEAM CAPTAIN and we haven't won a game since. It's the Clarky Curse) and when I woke up, my headache was still bad. I tried a shower, Head On, double Ibuprofen, nothing worked. Still a full, raging headache all day and night. (Today I feel better though). Yesterday I had soooo much planned to get done and I didn't do any of it. And today is the last day of vacation! Tomorrow I head back to work to a broken computer that will kick my arse.
And, yesterday, we got the call I was dreading. Pretty much every January, someone dies (in the past, it has mostly been grandparents). Yesterday, a friend of our family back in Iowa passed away. My dad is really broken up about it because he was very close to them. (He's had an awful week. On Thursday he apparently ran into my sister's car while trying to back up into the parking space amidst the snow and caused a bunch of damage--I only found out about it yesterday because I never get told anything.)
Also, I'm really behind on my Who-watching and I'm worried about spoilers. I want to catch up today... but there's so much I need to get done and can't afford to just sit and watch Doctor Who (and I don't want to half-ass David Tennant's last appearances as the Doctor!).
So we'll see what happens today, but it can't be as bad as yesterday!
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Date: 2010-01-03 08:44 pm (UTC)My Aunt's mom (this aunt is my godmother) died January 1, so I'm going to a funeral tomorrow myself. Even though her mom is not blood related to me and I've never even met her, I still want to support my Aunt. But yeah, just what I wanted to do on my vacation too...
Based on reports, I would highly recommend not watching The End of Time Part 2 if you're feeling at all depressed already. I don't really feel like putting myself through all that sobbing again. I won't be able to watch it until I get home from my parents, so maybe I'll see it next weekend. But I watched a small clip on youtube yesterday and found myself in a funk that eventually set off another jag of mourning for Ianto again, so just be ready with the tissues.
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Date: 2010-01-03 10:50 pm (UTC)I should also say, many thanks for the NCIS drabble/fic. It was the first thing to lift my spirits after I'd been floored by C's suicide and then D's murder.