I totally need to pay more attention...

As I mentioned in Saturday's post, I went to the library for the first time in a couple months that day. Part of the reason was that I couldn't find one of my books and partly because I new I had a big overdue fine ($12) that I wasn't quite ready to pay. I paid it while I was there with my credit and signed the receipt without really looking at it. Whoops. Today I got a phone call from the library (it was odd getting a call from the library from an actual person) and apparently rather than charging me $12 for the fees, they had charged $412 to my credit card. Yikes! He wanted to be sure that it was in fact an error so that they can refund me the money. They tried doing it today but they couldn't without my card so I have to go to the library tomorrow. At least I am getting the money back. So today's favourite thing is vigilant accounting people. I feel like an idiot for not checking more thoroughly myself though.

Why didn't I look there two months ago?

A couple months ago, I went to the library and got a bunch of books out. I started reading one but when I finished I didn't put it back with the others. I returned the others and didn't remember where I put that one book. I got more out and read those but didn't end up getting back to the library, partly because I didn't have a big need to go and partly because of that one book that I thought I had lost. Finally, I had to back to the library because I had some books on hold and I couldn't keep renewing the books repeatedly. So finally, I looked for the book. I had remembered reading it in one of the chairs in the living room so I looked there first. I had glanced under it behind it before so this time I moved the cushions. It was actually there. It was so simple and yet I was too lazy to actually do a proper search for it 2 months ago. But anyway, today's favourite thing is finding what you're looking for without too much trouble.

This is kinda embarassing............

I love to read. Most of the books that I read are trashy romance novels though so it's not like it's some sort of intellectual endeavor that I am participating in. I can't afford to buy all of the books that I want to read so the library is great. However, there are books that I want to read that are not in the library I go to so I put them on hold. For other people, putting books on hold at the library is maybe a........let's face it, I don't know how often people put books on hold at the library. I just know how much I do. And I do it a lot. A lot. I mean a scary amount. When I lived in Saskatchewan, I once figured out that the maximum amount of books you could have on hold at any given time was 20. I would search for something by one author or on one subject and have all of them put on hold. Then, I would end up going to the library every single day to pick up the books as they came in. When I was taking French and Spanish classes at the university,, I would put kids books on hold in both those langauges. At one point, I had the book "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch out in French, English, and Spanish at the same time. It was a sad day. As far as addictions go, being addicted to putting books on hold at the library is not that detrimental (other than to your social life) but it is still an embarassing addiction to have. Especially to try to explain. But to make a long post less long, my favourite thing of the day is putting books on hold at the library.