i hate august

Old buildings are not charming. They are hellish saunas that make it extremely difficult for librarians to tolerate little children touching and moving and misplacing all their things. Like the books. And then they have faculty room pop machines with broken refrigeration that have been sold out of Diet Dr. Pepper since spring. That is all.
I have spent the last three days in the story center with sweat rolling down my back and looking at little shiny sweaty faces. It can't be safe. Nothing helps. I open the windows in the morning and close them when it gets warmer, run the broken swamp cooler and move my old little fan around the room. Then I come home and the weather man says it's the hottest summer ever on record. It's heartbreaking to say goodbye to summer but once school starts, and it becomes obvious it's over, I just want fall. So ready for cooler days, colored leaves, and--oh yeah, a paycheck will be fun too.
How I make it bearable (playing :) ) -- 

Our  library and character theme this year is soaring and all our merchandise has owls so I made this tree. The owls are holding banners with each classes name.

Decided to clean, organize, decorate, and actually utilize my office this year. It's my happy place.

Story center decorated with back-to-school books and a chain we made in the spring with all of our favorite books written on the links