More journals and a construction update

Good day folks
Here's my weekly (semi) post - I've been trying to write it all day.... anyhow.  This morning myself and several staff went over to the library construction zone and took a short tour - and pictures.  They're up at the Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pannell_2010--I'll put the link in the side bar as soon as I get the sidebar working properly again! haven't figured out yet what I did wrong).

Anyhow - yet again. The place looks like a cyclone hit it.  There are many missing walls and it's almost impossible to orient yourself once you're inside.  the construction foreman showed me where the office area is laid out on the second floor and where my computer classroom is supposed to go (yummy!).  Incongruously enough, there's a metal ladder hanging from the ceiling. It goes out onto the roof through an access panel.  The thing is solid iron and they may remove and they may not. Can't tell. The area above our technical services space is being removed to make more head room and give us real office space in the area.  That may or may not be a good idea but that's the plan.  The main stairwell is due to come out next week.  A highly anticipated even I admit. You may notice that I've started actually labelling the pictures.  I cannot promise to go back and do them all, but I will make a valiant attempt.

I received a new BookList today and now want to run right out to the local public library and see if I can get my hands on some of them.  I think sometimes if I could get enough books, you could wall me up in a corner and I'd be perfectly content for months.  OK, you might have to slide a few strawberry Twizzlers@ under the door but otherwise, happy, happy. I want to know about the life of Queen Joanna (N. Goldstone) and I nver read biographiesDo we need another female investigator? R. Brady (and I) are betting we will enjoy meeting Emily Locke in her debut novel Final Approach.  I want to meet her, in prose at least.  One of the childrens books I plan to find is called "Pouch" (D.E. Stein) and I may just have to buy that one-I'm a sucker for a good kangaroo story. (who isn't?).