I LOVE Being in charge. Thought you all should know. These women understand I have no experience but they respect me and the way I want things done and its great! The main problem is that my supervisor is technically supposed to be working in that group too, but shes also doing 10 things at once. So, when she is actually in the room we have totally different ways of doing things but I have to let her do things her way and do my stuff around her. She says I'm in charge, and if I ask her to do something differently she will, but I'm trying to be respectful and let her try things out. Other than the times shes in there people always look to me and its great to be given the chance to just sit down and think about an answer before I give it. I'm not just running one thing, I'm running the whole library so I'm making an entire plan of how exactly I want things to happen and in what order to see how it affects everything else. I almost sort of wonder if my other supervisors gave me this assignment because they didnt think I could handle running things without another supervisor there, but I think thats just paranoia because I did make it obvious I loved library work. Library isn't the only thing I do though, I also handle lunch prep for the children. For the first time in my life I have to wear a hair net, and believe me, I am not loving it. Making the actual lunches isnt bad at all though, we throw down two loaves of bread, slap on some cheese and three pieces of meat, then two more loaves of bread to put on top, then wrap them up and send them down the assembly line. We have to do this several times though, seeing as we make about 300 sandwiches a day. Woot!

Today was a little more hectic though since the kids camp is always outside, but it stormed today. That meant everyone had to move around so the kids could be inside and dry and people not working with kids had to leave. So, while we were making sandwiches this morning, part of the construction crew came in and packed up every single one of our books, all 24 shelves. So we took all the boxes and began to sort them at Delta Fellowship which is the church I attend. They have an extra building on the side that used to be the boys and girls club, but I think it's used mostly for storage now. That may sound sad, but believe me, Together for Hope needs a place to put all their stuff for camp and donations for the million different projects they do for future use. Anyway, we continued to sort books there, one area to stay at the community center, one to go to the new, (and only), library in Elaine, and one to go to the Stories on Wheels bus so the kids could have some new books. I was worried it wouldnt work out, but we kept all the boxes labeled and I think we'll be able to pack them up and put them back in the library really well.

We're also doing adult swim lessons at night so that we cant cater to the whole community instead of just the children. The first night we only had three people show up, but tonight we had about a dozen and I hope it keeps growing. I'm not actually teaching the lessons, I'm not the best swimmer myself, but I register people as they come in to keep a good count of what's going down. After the first half hour we dont really have anyone, except one or two stragglers, so I get to stick my feet in the water and watch, and just sit in the pool and float. We also do water aerobics afterward and I've discovered I really enjoy them. And! I have a friend back home who teaches a water aerobics class so I know what I'm doing when I get home! Not that I'll be there, but still. Anyway, now that I've totally exploded on you everything thats going on I'm going to bed.

P.S. Entertained Amy
So we had to sort the volunteer shirts today and one of the churches order a shirt that was 5X. 5! Two of the interns held it up and it covered both of them, very entertaining. Also, working with childrens books is very entertaining. There was one book with a picture of a toilet that was called "Where does it go?" Awesome.