Tonight is Shabbat. A nice dinner, something to drink, maybe go to services? - a friend of Karen arrives (Rebecca). Ah.....
Soon, this afternoon, a massage. Aaaahhhh....!!!!
This all follows work and a weekly staff meeting where controversy arose. The issue is the availability of reference librarians at various hours. Specifically at hours which are on the periphery of our desk scheduled times and during which the appearance of patrons w/questions is from a low of infrequent to lower still, rare. How to provide some coverage is the question and innovative answers which use modern and not so modern technologies could be part of an answer. BUT the traditional answer of having a librarian in the building for face-to-face assistance seems to be the only answer being considered even though telephone and/or web(realtime) assistance might do. This experiment is not going to be allowed as of this morning's meeting while working from the circ desk and closing the ref. desk as an experiment IS being allowed. Go figure! At some point maybe there will be a real and new look taken of all the issues which to my mind means looking at what we do and how and also the costs of doing our work. Economics IS important and a business model is NOT what makes sense in our profession. Yesterday the medical profession was discussed with the authors of a new book by Donald Barlett and James Steele's titled "Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business, and Bad Medicine". In the interview they note that some (much) of the cost controls used in "business" will not work in medicine. Go figure!!!
I thnk - bottom line --- people/workers must be responsible in whatever ways make sense in the jobs they do! In general RESPONSIBILITY is the needed and necessary key. By being responsible I mean being present and MINDFUL of what is going on. No matter what the science is of a thing - ART is necesssary and in art is mindfulness. Being "artistic" is being mindful in a wide, holistic, comprehensive manner. ARTFULL = MINDFULL..... don't you think?
And so... back to the art of my life. While I am a bit tired... and feel pretty good (both a verb and as a noun). Love is all around! Especially around Karen. Ah... dearest Karen. We went out to a movie last night (oy... a nice movie .... but last night I was tired and the movie was quiet and slow - it was: "The story of the weeping camel" ). Then, at home I watched the first half of "About Schmitd" and I hope to see the rest sometime. Pretty interesting.... a life-crisis movie... Schmitd retires and then his wife dies and he is very cheap and not too independent... BUT --- he seems on the verge of changes. I look forward to seeing what happens. It could happen here!!!!
I forgot to mention that I went to Yiskor services yesterday morning (end of Succoth) and while I mainly went to help ensure there was a minyan I also specifically memorialized: David, and Stu, and Louise.
LIFE, LIFE, LIFE.... LIVE - LIVE - LIVE!!!!
And how to live? That is always the question. What to do? Why do whatever? Where, when, etc... HOW!!!! HOW!!! HOW!!!
Now is the time of a continuing revolution in how things are at home. Where will we, Karen and I, live and when might we move or decide to stay. Why do what will be done? What pictures to put up and where? What should we do to the garden? Vegies? Flowers? BOTH OF COURSE! Pets - now two cats. What about a dog? Why do I think about a dog ever? And my office!!! Kitty litter! Cat food. SMELLY!!!
But - oh the weekend doth arrive. I have nothing on the calendar for tomorrow although we will have a house guest. And little on for Sunday until 4pm. SLEEP IN!!! I need some rest!!! I also need to begin working out regularly again!!! REALLY.
WORKOUTWORKOUTWORKOUTWORKOUTWORKOUTWORKOUT
And lose weight which has come back!!!!
That is all for today. I will get relaxed very soon..... and I will meditate after the massage. At least 21 minutes!!! Maybe a full 40.
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