This week at the library; or, Summer finally ends

My tomatoes that absolutely refuse to ripen.

 This may be different for everyone, but for us this was the last week of summer. Our schools resume after Labor Day (in-person, if you were wondering) and normally this week would be a busy one with our historic county fair and at the library we'd be preparing to start programs next week. Of course, none of those things are happening now.

I put out leftover activities from summer for people to take and I've been making misc. "Ms. Jennifer's Favorites" book bundles. We had a big recording session on Tuesday with Ms. Pattie, my colleague from the school district who works with kids under 5 and normally does most of our early literacy storytimes. One of my aides started her new job at the school this week, so I am down to two, both of whom start their new (and very complicated) school schedules this week.

Our drop-in book sale in the lobby started this week and we also opened the adult fiction (and main part of the YA fiction) to the public. We will continue taking appointments for browsing the youth area through September.

I finished my YA weeding and genre project this week and am working on take-home activities and virtual programming for the fall.

I took off Friday, we're closed the following Monday, and I took off Tuesday, so I had a long weekend. What, you may ask, will I do with all this time? Paperwork and reviewing books mostly. Also laundry.