Failed to get Fired

Darn it, I tried but failed to get fired today.  The job I most dislike at the library is doing the banking. There was a significant discrepancy between to the totals, Betty was away and neither Nisa nor I could figure out where the mistake was. We had to call the council accountant over to help. He is new and unfamiliar with the library banking system but he was very nice about it and helped us solve the problem. I asked if he would fire me from the banking but he just laughed (but I meant it, I really did). The frustrating thing is that it took Nisa & I two hours to do the banking, time we could have spent on other things e.g. sorting out the mess the movers left of the shelves after the re-carpeting. Between the banking and the wonky, muddled shelves it's a rather frustrating week. 

Cable Car Wellington

It was a cold (-2°C) and frosty morning and I shivered on the platform waiting for the train to Wellington. However it was a  beautiful sunny day to take a train ride down the coast and a cable car ride up to Kelburn. It was also a work day so the cable car ride had a purpose - to help plan the Beyond the Page event for the July school holidays. It was great to do something different today, to meet some librarians from Wellington City Libraries and Wellington was looking its best. 

Prime Minister's Baby Born Today

Congratulations to our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, and her partner, Clarke Gayford, whose baby girl was born today. A little winter solstice arrival.

New Carpet in the Library

Wooden framework was constructed to hold the metal lighting supports in place when the shelving below was removed to recarpet part of the fiction section. 

Fortunately the wooden framework held when part of the lighting support buckled - although some manpower was also required to stop it collapsing completely! 

Russia Uses the World Cup to Score Publicity Points | The Daily Show

This made me laugh today. 

Tragedy in Guatemala

Volcan de Fuego lived up to its name on Sunday and unleashed a deadly pyroclastic flow that destroyed homes and lives. I watched smaller eruptions many times from Antigua and the smoking mountain appeared to be a backdrop to everyday life.  However when I was in San Miguel Duenas I did find the rumbling sounds disconcerting and after Rigoberto described his experiences as a 9 year old when Yepocapa was all but buried in ash I realised that Fuego has a much more menacing side as well. My thoughts are with Guatemala this week. 💓

                                  Volcan de Fuego from the terrace. Antigua 2017.

                                             Volcan de Fuego 3 June 2018