July 6

Just another day. I can't think of a single thing that was unique or interesting that happened at the Library today so I will share an oddity of the Library. In the bathrooms (which are literally every few feet - no one should ever have to worry about waiting in line for the bathroom here), there are all these signs that explain the proper way to wash one's hands. It's like a ten-step process and I'm not exaggerating. It also tells WHEN one should wash their hands. As if people didn't know. According to these rules, there are like 25 situations in which someone should wash their hands. Besides those notes, which were printed out on paper and posted in the bathroom, there are also these actual plastic signs (therefore, money was spent on them!) that hang in every bathroom warning people not to drink the water from the bathroom. Now, I kind of doubt I would think to pull out a glass and head to the bathroom sink to fill it up - however, I do wash my hands there, as they demand I do, and if there is something wrong with the water that makes it un-consumable, do I want that water on my hands, which are inevitably going to be touching my food or touching my mouth? I don't know. I've seen more than one person brushing their teeth in the bathroom, too; surely some water gets ingested in the teeth-brushing process. Anyway, just something I think about every day I'm in the bathroom. Fascinating, I know.

In totally unrelated D.C. news, I became an aunt today at 12:38pm. I now have a nephew! Congrats to my brother and sister-in-law!!