The Temporary Librarian

I’m shattered, even though I’ve only been at work for three days now. Less than that actually. At midday yesterday my son had to be collected from school with flu, so that was the end of work for Thursday, and I was late in this morning because I had to wait for my friends to arrive to look after the poor kid, so I worked until 7 pm to compensate. So far all I’ve done is to put the books on the shelves back in order and check about a third of them against the printout from the database. It’s frustrating. I keep seeing fascinating books like, “Where are all the aliens?” and “The nerd’s revenge,” and I don’t have time to read any of them.

Once I’ve finished checking the existing library, I’ll be adding the books in this pile, plus the ones behind the camera. I think there’s somewhere between 2-3000 of them altogether, which should keep me out of mischief for a bit.

Posted by sheila

Sheila came to La Palma with a six month contract and has stayed 24 years so far. She used to work as a software engineer at the observatory, but now she's a writer and Starlight guide.

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