Day 14 - March 27, 2007

TUESDAY -- I was queasy when I left my job at the law firm. It was a very windy day and the building was swaying so it felt like I was on a cruiseship all afternoon. By the time I got to the Children's Room, the woozy feeling abated and I was ready to face my "tormentors" once again. Okay, erase tormentors...I'm totally kidding about that. I love going to my 2nd "job" that the pain in my back recedes as soon as step into the public library.

I spent some time today repairing books and processing books that needed stickers. There were not a lot of children needing help so I spent time reading fractured fairy tales recommended by one of the reference librarians, Miss Daisy. I read two of Jon Scieszka's fairy tales: "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" and "The Frog Prince, Continued." I enjoyed both books because they were very clever and funny, but of the two, my favorite was "Frog Prince, Continued" because it was just clever how Mr. Scieszka wove other characters, i.e. witches from other fairy tales into the story. The story was about what happened to the Frog Prince after he married the princess. The premise was that they did not live happily ever after and the prince tried to find the one witch who can turn him back into a frog. In his travels, he found Beauty's wicked witch who can cast a nasty spell on him, Snow White's stepmother who tried to give him a poisoned apple and lastly, Hansel & Gretel's witch who just might want to eat him. In the end he went back to the Princess who was worried sick about him leaving the castle. I will not tell you the whole of the story, you will want to find Scieszka's books and read them. They are a quick read and trust that they will give you a fit of giggles once you see how funny they are.

One of our regulars asked me what my name was...I was totally expecting to hear the bit about being an explorer again but he said something about how it's a nice name. Thank you for not telling me I look DtE! Inertia boy updated me about his poem and said that he got 100% on that assignment. Although I only helped him with one line, I felt really good. The sense of fulfillment I feel at the children's library is quite different from the day to day feelings I get from working at the firm. It's just not the same.