I went to the library to study today and recognized so many people. It makes me realize how long I've lived here and how rooted I am in this community.
-My neighbor across the street was there with her two kids. She didn't say hello, but her kids did. She is a little stand-offish. Don't know why, because anytime we have ever talked she was super nice.
-The doctor at an after hours clinic where I took Daniel just yesterday was there reading. Now, what a catch he must be. Nice, young doctor with nothing to do but sit in a library reading, seemingly for enjoyment. He wasn't hunched over his material like I was!!
-A girl that grew up across the street from my grandmother works at the check out counter and always says hi and asks how my mother is.
-A mother of three girls that go to the same school as Aaron and to whom I've been waving hello since 1998 was there.
-The Carls Jr manager that I go to for a jelly biscuit and a coke was there using the internet. Why can't he hook up with the book checker-outer that I know? Assuming, of course, that he is single.

The library is a very small one and they have recently intalled more internet-accessible computers for public use. That is great, people really use them a lot. The bad thing is the computers got put on some of the precious few tables and right among the other available tables where people like me are studying our hearts out. The internet users are often just surfing and wearing headphones listening to music. The music, even through the headphones, is just absolutely unbearable. The library powers-that-be really need to work out a better solution.