June 20
Back to the grind. My sleeping patterns are all off, thanks to my weekend back in Syracuse. Hmm… what is it about the Syracuse air that makes me stay up until 4am or 5am so frequently when I'm there? Anyway, back in DC I have to get up by 7am so I struggled to stay awake all day. Nothing too exciting happened today, though -- CD processing in the morning and record label researching in the afternoon. We do a lot of musical chairs in the afternoon, as we don't have legitimate workspaces and work on one computer until we are kicked off for various reasons and then move to another. Good times, for sure.
More good times were had at the Emergency Preparedness meeting we attended this morning. This was interesting, I guess. We learned where to evacuate in the case of a non-fire emergency. Well, most staffmembers already knew where to go and, in fact, went to the evacuation spot recently - when that plane was aimlessly flying around by the Capitol last month. Yep, fun. I'm sure few people can claim to have a legitimate evacuation spot for their jobs. Interestingly enough, our "evacuation" spot - which is top secret so I will not tell ANYONE!! (well, I can perhaps be bribed…) - is at a location outside - as in the WIDE OPEN - which makes me feel less than safe. If a plane is insanely flying around or, say, heading for the Capitol building to smash into it, do I want to be wandering aimlessly outside? I think not. Apparently, the evacuation plan is less than stellar, as we spent about 45 minutes hearing complaints from staffmembers who had problems during the last evacuation. There was talk about a trial run in the next couple of months, too. Let's hope I get to experience that… not.
Oh, and totally unrelated to Library news, but I got my AOL free trial set up on my computer at the place I'm staying. Sure, those disks are annoying, but sometimes they fit the bill. Praise Allah for unlimited Internet access at home again. It's a difficult thing for me to live without. I also won a free pass to see a sneak preview of Bewitched! Yay! I'm psyched. Will Ferrell? Say no more, I'm there. As some of you know, that's just like old times for me - not Will Ferrell (heh), but free sneak preview movies. Yep, I've spent many a night at those.
More good times were had at the Emergency Preparedness meeting we attended this morning. This was interesting, I guess. We learned where to evacuate in the case of a non-fire emergency. Well, most staffmembers already knew where to go and, in fact, went to the evacuation spot recently - when that plane was aimlessly flying around by the Capitol last month. Yep, fun. I'm sure few people can claim to have a legitimate evacuation spot for their jobs. Interestingly enough, our "evacuation" spot - which is top secret so I will not tell ANYONE!! (well, I can perhaps be bribed…) - is at a location outside - as in the WIDE OPEN - which makes me feel less than safe. If a plane is insanely flying around or, say, heading for the Capitol building to smash into it, do I want to be wandering aimlessly outside? I think not. Apparently, the evacuation plan is less than stellar, as we spent about 45 minutes hearing complaints from staffmembers who had problems during the last evacuation. There was talk about a trial run in the next couple of months, too. Let's hope I get to experience that… not.
Oh, and totally unrelated to Library news, but I got my AOL free trial set up on my computer at the place I'm staying. Sure, those disks are annoying, but sometimes they fit the bill. Praise Allah for unlimited Internet access at home again. It's a difficult thing for me to live without. I also won a free pass to see a sneak preview of Bewitched! Yay! I'm psyched. Will Ferrell? Say no more, I'm there. As some of you know, that's just like old times for me - not Will Ferrell (heh), but free sneak preview movies. Yep, I've spent many a night at those.
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