Oh the library

So after I started staying home the library became one of Emily & I's spots to go and kill time since its free. It was always hard to go but I was determined to make it work. At first she would fairly calmly stay in my arms while I hurled books into my bag. Then she got bigger and heavier and mobile. I kept going. It kept getting harder and harder(mostly because my child thinks its awesome to explore everything and is not scared to run away from Mommy==poor Mommy). Then I started sneaking away to the library after Ed would get home so it turned into me time(super exciting "me time" I know).

Well, today we went because I had some books that needed to be returned and since its Monday I knew Ed would be later coming home from work. Books were returned no problem. I figured I better go upstairs to the Children's area and sign up for Story time before I look for more books in case Emily starts having a hissy fit. Because we all know there are those people in the library that stare, give dirty looks, and just don't understand. Its not a college library people, its a public library, its bound to have a little noise.

We headed upstairs and I filled out the form for story time. Emily was already squirming on my lap. I almost didn't finish the form because I could see how the next 6 weeks were going to turn out but I am determined to take her to storytime. We ran around the children's area for about a minute before Emily was going to go nuts taking books off of the shelves. I went downstairs made it towards the section I like and was able to grab a book off the end cap before Emily got squirmy and I knew loudness was coming. So we left, with one book.

Thankfully the library has a "hold" system so I generally have some books on hold for me so when storytime days come around we can walk in, go to storytime, see how long we last(hopefully more than 5 minutes) and pick up Mommy's books on the way out.

Oh the library, I will beat you in the end!!!