#25 Return

Dear diary,

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack! Did you miss me? It's been a while since I updated, but luckily nothing's changed so I don't have to bore you. Too much.

At the end of last year I went to Adelaide to see what it would be like living over there. I got lost so many times because I kept assuming the city was on a grid like Melbourne. It was a good thing that I'd also forgotten to return a travel guide on South Australia to my library, and had accidentally packed it in my suitcase, so I was able to use the map in that to (eventually) find my way around. I called up to renew the book over the phone - it would look really bad for our record if a staff member had fines owing! When I got Sylvia on the other end she was really excited to talk to me, so we chatted for hours. It was good to speak to someone from work again, as I was feeling quite homesick.

I'm glad to be back in Melbourne now. I never realised how much I missed the sound of traffic at night, or the taste of water straight from the tap. To be fair Adelaide is definitely the place to go if you want for movies, as it hosts the best cinema complex I've ever seen. There are also heaps of festivals - I went to at least ten in the month I stayed there.

It's good to be back though. Strangely enough, I missed my work most of all. Ernesto says it's because I have a special connection with the library, especially seeing as I've been through a lot there already. It's mostly the same as it was when I left, but... I don't know, maybe I'm just imagining things, but it feels like the vibe there has changed. It's probably because of Shannon, who's still working as a volunteer because Boudecia feels Shannon still owes the library, seeing as she tried to destroy it last year and all.

Anyways, I think I should start updating this blog more often. Who knows what interesting library hijinks lie just around the corner...

-Jay