January 3, 2012

Day 3

Have I ever mentioned that I have a love/hate relationship with our Public Library?

I do.

There is always a great selection of kids books and kids movies to choose from.

Plus, they have computers that my girls can play games on for 30 minutes.

This gives me roughly an hour of kid-friendly entertainment.

See, there is the love.

Then the hate sneaks up on me.

You see, I live in the city limits, but my house resides in a different county than the city I live in.

Why the crap would the city or county do this? 

Why, I ask you?

You are probably thinking, big deal!

Well, it is no big deal if you do not like to read or expose your children to reading.

On more than one occasion, a Library clerk has informed me that I can purchase annual membership.

Something inside me finds it ethically wrong to pay for membership to a public library.

The loop-hole to getting a free library card is having a child in the Public School District.

Today after returning our books, and paying a ridicules amount of late fees, I went to check out.

(Late Fees become ridicules when you beloved spouse packs library books in the Christmas  boxes only to be discovered a year later.) 

Come to find out, Olive's library card had expired... who even knew that was possible?

Because I do not carry my child's report card or proof of enrollment around in my purse, I had the good-fortune of telling two eager children that they could not take home the books they spent 30 minutes selecting.

Defeated and rejected, I took Olive and Elle Belle by their hands and headed to the door.

As a parting good bye,  I hear the three library clerks conferring on my feeble-mindedness for not having proof of elementary school enrollment with me at all times.

Currently, I am in a self-induced time-out from the Library.

I'll return when my desire for revenge is gone.

For the record, the report card will be in hand.