College Library & "Do" Decisions

The first half of this blog is way fast. I have decided on my new "do". See the photo. Gwen Stephani in her Marilyn style, but mine will be red. Now if I could just borrow her face & figure... :))








This Saturday morning, I woke early-ish at 8:00. During the school year, Saturday will be the only day I can sleep that late, so it allowed me to cast my thoughts ahead to the fall. Anyone who's been watching the weather of late knows that Ohio had a terribly hot July. So autumnal dreaming feels like relief.

Adding to my back-to-school thoughts was the slate grey sky and much cooler temperature this morning. That had me lacing up my sneakers to finally get in some real exercise. The recent heat indexes in excess of 105, 80% humidity and asthma just don't go together.

The hubster surprised me by wanting to tag along. My objective: The Jerome Library- I needed to re-activate my college ID for use as a library card. We shared a pleasant walk at a good pace to campus, and were happy to find that at least one wall of construction fence, which has been cordening off the library like Alcatraz, making it virtually inaccessible, has been moved. We had very little trouble making our way to the entrance.

This was completely unlike my experience just two days ago. That is when I was out walking from a commuter parking lot on the north side of campus (in the 105 heat, et al.) for over a half hour- unable to find a way past the maze of chain link to get into the place. Hating to admit defeat, I asked a landscape crew of students if they knew a way in. They did not, but did send me halfway around campus again before I determined it.

So today, we got there unscathed. We were a half hour early- the place wasn't yet open- so we sat on a nearby bench and enjoyed the cooler temperature, speculating on the purposes of the handful of students who kept arriving and trying the doors before they opened, and just being together. It was lovely. Once we could get in, I was told it would be easy to activate the ID. It isn't so easy when your Student ID number is so old that they can't find you in the system. So, I had to fill out a form that allowed them to enter me as a new student. Funny.

We were able to cut across campus much faster when we left and overall it made for a nice long stretch of the legs- which mine sorely needed.

How did you spend your Saturday morning?