Update #3

Thursday; back to work. Rebecca and Doug both asked me how my day off was, and I said it was absolutely lovely, thanking them for asking. Next, Rebecca had me sit in the customary chair for cleaning and repairing books, and set me up with a huge stack of them. I bent my head and started working, rubbing at certain stains with a vengeance. I've discovered that cleaning books is just as important to me as keeping my own house clean always. Rebecca then asked me to repair some covers, taping them so that their dust jackets would last longer; books, i've learned, are always more valuable if they have dust jackets.

I was working on this for a while when Rebecca asked me if I would like to come with her to a book sale going on somewhere on the OSU campus. She wasn't so vague about it, but I can't quite remember where it was, except that it was a church book sale and down a small flight of concrete stairs. She told me we were always on the hunt for good science fiction books, anything by George Orwell, good scientific books, and occult books [which she doubted we'd find, this being a church sale and all]. She also mentioned that someone had been looking for an Elvis Presley biography, so if I found anything on him that would be wonderful. I looked around the small room, picking up books after careful examination and bringing them to Rebecca for the yes or no. My choices were rejected twice, but I did manage to find a book about all the nature places to visit in Ohio and a book by Priscilla Presley about Elvis, since there was no general biography of Elvis to be found, no matter how many times I ran my eyes over the shelf.

When we were done at the sale, Rebecca paid and we went back to the store with our finds, which she was really pleased with. I cleaned a few more books, repaired a few more dust jackets, and then I was on my way. Friday started the same way, with a stack of new books to clean and the materials waiting there on the little perch beside the chair. I did learn how to cut laminated dust jacket protectors, you could call them, and I did that for a while too. Then Mike came in and taught me how to clean the books with different textures, using the playdough like substance that i'd seen waiting around for quite a while. So, when the day was through I walked home to the uplifting tunes of Tilly and the Wall, with just a little skip in my step because the sun was shining so clearly.

I was sure it was supposed to rain today, but it appears to be getting sunnier. I love sunny days, but I also love rainy days where I can curl up with a book and be completely lazy. We'll see how today turns out. I'm just glad life is feeling a little more do-able.