Confessions of a Circus Mom
I have become a procrastinator. Actually I am worse than a procrastinator b/c procrastinators put things off till the last minute and then get them done. I didn’t used to be this way but now I tend to put them off till the last minute and then the deadline passes and I am still left with the job undone.
Case in point: I bought my mom her mothers day card at the end of April. I brought it to PA with me at the beginning of May to deliver with my gift. But, I didn’t sign it, thinking, “Oh I will sign it when I get there.” And the card rode back to MD with me, unsigned where it sat in the back of the passenger seat until today 8 DAYS AFTER MOTHERS DAY when I finally signed it and mailed my mom her card.
As if that wasn’t bad enough today I also mailed my BIL his birthday package for his birthday on April 9th. I wish I could say I forgot his birthday and that is why it was late. I didn’t forget, I knew about it, even got him a card, but had trouble deciding on his gift and kept waiting to find the right thing, and well… it should arrive about 2 mths late. Here’s hoping that he feels that it’s “better late than never.”
After my belated post office trip, I then went to the library. A place I have been avoiding for the past month or so.
Every time I come home from the library, my husband jokingly asks, “How much will this trip cost us?”
Well, back in March, I checked out some books and when I went to return them (already overdue b/c for the life of me I can not figure out how to return my books on time… even when I make notes on the calendar I still don’t manage to get them in on time) I couldn’t find two books. I thought for sure they would turn up but was scurrying to pack for our Texas trip and just kinda ignored it.
Funny how library books don’t just magically appear and return themselves when you are on vacation.
When I got home, the books still did not appear and I renewed them in hopes of them turning up in that time.
Yes, I know it would have been smarter to renew them right away when I realized they were missing, and I thought about it, but never followed through…something about packing up my family of 5 for a 2 week trek across Texas…
So today I finally succumbed to that fact that those Clifford books were not turning up.
And I went to pay my bill.
$18.00 in over due fines
- cost for 2 lost books
= $42.09 in library fees
My daughter asked if we could check out another book and I told her no. Mommy needs to figure out a system for keeping track of and returning our books before we take any more home.
So, while I go to work on my MIL’s belated mother’s day gift, I wanna know…what’s the most you’ve paid at the “free” library for your books? I bet I have you beat.