Solo librarians meeting

Thursday evening the Solo Librarians group from the local SLA chapter met at my office. I'm not sure we should ever let spikeiowa choose the pizzas. *laugh* I never want to taste another "Howdy Pie" which has carpaccio, capers and corn with ranch sauce. Okay, I admit, the others weren't so bad, except one had portabellos to which I am allergic and the third was okay except for the capers. I even got to take a piece of that one home for lunch on Friday. But beware of Howdy Pie!!

This was the post-Internet Librarian meeting so the four of us who went talked about our favorite bits. I did a "slideshow" of Second Life and also showed them the Nancy Pearl Action Figure flickr pool. *grin* I am itching to remove my NPAF from its package and take her adventuring... Nancy goes geocaching, Nancy visits the SJPL, that sort of thing. Almost like a travel bug. And unpackaging her would give me an excuse to get the Deluxe Nancy Pearl Action Figure complete with computer, bookcart and wearing a red twinset instead of a blue one. Okay, sorry. Librarian humor attack.

I am very glad to be a part of the local solos so that I have a library community. Corporate librarians often have little in common in terms of what we do - design cell databases, search patents, work for investment banks, etc. But we have a common language and a common set of vendor problems. It is good to have a network.

Friday - hair (not), shoes and dancing

I had been looking forward to Friday with great anticipation because I had planned to get my hair dyed. Petra had recommended one of her stylists and I had made an appointment a couple of weeks ago. I had thrown my back out on Thursday and I decided to start the day at the mall, doing some walking. And, well, looking at a sale at Macy's. I meant to get the Nordstrom's half yearly also but I ran out of time before my appointment. I zoom down to the salon, get there early and grab a sandwich next door. I show up on time and the stylist tells me she is running 10 minutes late. Twenty minutes later they put me in a gown and we start talking. She tells me she can't do what I want and so please go away. What? I've scheduled a 2 hour appointment for major salon madness and get "please go away"? Wah! Not that she wasn't probably *right* about not being able to do anything cool. She uses L'Oreal Pro which is utterly boring. I called Petra and she suggested I try Water Rituals were some friends of our work. I headed by there and talked to them and have an appointment for next week and I have great hopes for coolness. But still! It took a total bite out of my day, I ate a lame lunch and got rejected by a stylist. *snort*

I had been heading to Willow Glen (where Water Ritual is) anyway because I wanted to buy a pair of those cool hiking sandals and there is a Footwear Etc and an Urban Sports store in the same block. (Well, actually Urban Sports moved since I was last there and is in the next block... but still.) Footwear Etc has a really cool Mephisto but the had the size below and the size above me. They sent me to Urban Sport to check out the Keene line and I bought some lovely dark red hiking sandals. Go me. Oh and there was a newly opened Bev Mo between the two shoe stores so I bought a bottle of Tosti sparkling Pinot Grigio at 1/3 off. A little retail therapy to overcome my blues.

My back decided I done enough "walking out the ouch" and I headed home to rest for awhile. mr_kurt and I headed over to the Starlite Dance Club which we had put on our calendars weeks ago. But we got the time wrong and thus missed the two step and half the cha cha. So we did half of a beginner's cha cha and a beginners salsa class. Neither of us had done salsa before and that seems like it might be way fun. My back was *really* not happy with me at that point so I took meds and came to bed. It was fun though and I really do want to get into ballroom dancing again.