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February 02, 2000
Sniffles, daytime TV and a noisy furnace
I've got the flu. Not too bad at this point, but the flu nonetheless. I felt lousy all day yesterday, but we were too busy for me to go home. So I plowed through all the work I had to do, in hopes that I'd get enough done to take today off. So here I am, in Barry's big recliner, watching daytime TV (Talk Soup, people shouting on Maury, now UFO encounters on Sightings... such quality viewing!) I don't plan on moving today.
This article (found on Jessamyn's rarin' librarian site made me all warm and fuzzy. I remember almost all of these books vividly. From what I remember, I pretty much lived in the children's room at the library when I was a kid (isn't that right, Mom?). I remember the library, and the books, more clearly than I remember our house, or my school, or our neighbors.
What books meant a lot to you when you were a kid? And why?
That is a shameless plea for email, by the way. I got a small flood of nice emails when I started this journal, and now that flood has dried up. I'm curious as to whether anyone is still reading! And I just like email a whole lot.
At about 4 a.m., I woke up from a dream involving an enormous dog (about the size of a horse) that had broken into our apartment and was trying to eat us. Barry and the cat and I were hiding in the bedroom, with furniture pushed in front of the door to keep the dog out. The dog was snarling and growling and scratching at the door. I woke up, thinking "Whew, what a weird dream... wait, I still hear growling!" After a few bewildered moments I realized the "dog" was our furnace making horrible noises in the basement. It's done this before, and was supposed to have been fixed. Oh, well, another reason to stay home. The repairman gives us an 8-hour time frame, which really seems excessive to me.
Now there are psychics on Sightings. Hmm.
I'm going to go make some tea for my germs. Email me!
Posted by Mary Ellen at February 2, 2000 06:25 PM