job hunt

I had an interview last Monday for a job I really want, and they told me they'd notify me either at the end of last week or the beginning of this week. This waiting period totally sucks! It's hard to keep looking and applying for more jobs because I'm hoping that this job is the one for me. But at the same time I could have wasted 2 weeks of potential job hunting.
While I'm grateful for my job at the library I have this feeling of uselessness because I'm only working part-time. It's kind of depressing to still be looking for a job a month after graduation and the scary part is I know I could still be looking for one 3 months from now.

Here's hoping I get a call today . . .

More dog pics

Last night Chap was sprawled across the middle of my bed and would not move. This is his "dead sleep" where I have to put my finger under his nose to make sure he's still breathing. I wanted to read in bed so I had to pull the sheet up around him....he didn't notice.

Ruby Stella Day Lily

I have been waiting a long time for this day lily shrub to blossom and it did today. I love the color - and the color name: Ruby Stella. Chap and I could only stand to be outside for 10 minutes before we got too hot - it was 93 degrees today. Whew!

Random Library Story of the Day: A patron came up to me today to check out her books and she had the weirdest look on her face. She said, "Um, there's someone smoking cigarettes in the stacks." Sure enough, right after she said that I smelled the smoke! Security went to see who it was but he must have put out the cig by the time he got back there. Honestly, what would give a person the idea that it's okay to smoke amongst the stacks of a public library? I'm more and more amazed by people all the time.













Isn't it beautiful??? It's my new favorite flower in my yard. Chap got hot while we were outside though!

My "To Read" Book List

I have a long list of books that I want to read this summer, but I'm also starting a "life list" of books I need to read.

This is by no means an exhaustive list. What do you think should I add???

This Summer:
1. Escape - Carolyn Jessup (read)
2. The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold (read)
3. The Library Diaries - Ann Miketa (read)
4. Perfection - Julie Metz (read)
5. Same Kind of Different As Me - Ron Hall and Denver Moore (reading)
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
7. Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer (read)
8. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler (read)

Life List:
1. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
2. Persuasion - Jane Austen
3. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
4. Emma - Jane Austen
5. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
6. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
7. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
8. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
9. Animal Farm - George Orwell
10. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
11. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
12. On the Road - Jack Kerouac

It's official . . .

I'm a blogger! We'll see who actually reads this, but I figure it'll be fun for awhile anyway. :)