The following is a description of my day on Thursday 29th January… 07:15 – it’s another late shift for me today. I woke briefly around 07:15 to say goodbye to Laura and decline the offer of a cup of tea. 08:30 – I finally managed to rouse myself and sat in bed doing some jobs on the laptop. 09:00 – I got up, showered and popped to the shop for some groceries. Got back with just enough time to watch episode 6 of The Wire whilst eating breakfast. 11:05 – left home to catch the bus to work. 11:45 – [...]
February, 2009:
A day in the life of a librarian – Wednesday
The following is a description of my day on Wednesday 28th January… 06:45 – today is my first normal day at work this week. I get up, shower, eat breakfast and get out of the house by 07:45 to catch the bus. A typical journey into town take 20-30 minutes. You can add at least another 10 during rush hour. So I usually get into town around 08:30. 08:35 – I’m first in at work. Switch on the lights in the library and office computers on. My routine in the mornings when I’m in before 08:45 is to check my personal [...]
A day in the life of a librarian – Tuesday
The following is a description of my day on Tuesday 27th January 2009… 07:00 – I awoke to the sound of the vacuum – the cats had done some digging in the pot plants overnight! I had the day off today because we’re having a new front door fitted and as is the way with tradesmen they’ll only give the most vague time slots. I went downstairs to help clean up the mess the cats had made, grabbed a cuppa and returned to bed to read for a while. 08:15 – finally managed to drag myself out of bed to [...]
