library return day - ew.

This morning I resolved to return my overdue library materials. My patron status is delinquent. It is now time to take action.

First stop, the library website. Various cries of dismay, "I returned that already! Oh, wait..." and "That wasn't even a good book!" accompanied my first glance. Sixteen overdue items? Really? That can't be right...

Well, there is no time to wallow in literary self-pity. Time to get moving.

A few were easy. Two uninformative books about how to get cash for grad school were already stacked in a corner. This is a good start. "How to Teach Piano Successfully" was molding in my trunk. No worse for the wear. I added it to the pile. The "Freedom Writers" DVD had been in my living room so long I had to search for it amidst our own DVD collection. Success! Victory! And such a relief because I actually did think that one was lost. A funny coincidence that this was my "delinquent" item. So far, so good.

The next ones took a bit more work. About two months ago I checked out 10 CDs from the Lynnwood Library. They were a joy to behold but the tricky buggers had since hidden themselves in all sorts of places. The search began. I found Rufus Wainwright stowed away in the case for Madeleine Peyroux. I don't blame him - she is much more talented than he is. But where is Madeleine? I'll come back to her.

After multiple trips to every CD player in our house I discovered the lovely Portuguese Cesaria Nevora. A sigh. She is just so good. Maybe I won't return her just yet...? NO! Today is the day! Cesaria's case is still M.I.A.

The Shel Silverstein spoken word cd SUCKED and on principle I refuse to pay for it. I mean, really. "My Girl" is hiding out at a friend's house. I hope.

A few more bookshelf hunts and frantic car searches has unearthed a total of 8 books, 1 DVD, 3 complete CDs (with cases), one case and one orphan CD. Oh crap. I'm out of ideas.

Friends, let my folly be an example to you. Please learn from my mistake and never check out any library items you will resent having to pay for. Or I guess you could just return them before they're overdue. As Madeleine Peyroux croons on the album I still can't find, "If you think that time will change your ways, don't wait too long."