After living here in the country for almost 3 months I finally decided to get a library card. I just kept putting it off since I had some books here to read and of course have plenty to do otherwise. So I finally ventured out yesterday to a local town that is listed in our address. I had called them before and they had told me just bring in an address ID. But when i got there it got complicated.

First I forgto the street it was one but hey this is a town you can drive through in ten seconds so how hard could it be to find a library. But I couldn't even after driving up and down the streets of town. So I saw an elderly lady walking so I pulled over to her hoping she wouldn't panic and start hitting me with an umbrella or something. Actually she didn't have anything to hit me with but I was sure she would worry about a car following her. It turned out she wasn't worried a bit. I guess all the dust and dead bugs on my car assured her I was a local. And the library was one block down only. How did I miss it! It was in a beautiful old building and smelled like by grandmother Gussie's basement which now smells like our farmhouse basement. Too bad I did not brng my camera. The proprietor was very nice and in fact she is the only library worker there it is so small. But I saw a computer so they are up to snuff on the latest stuff.

But then the bad news came out. After a call to my daughter to find out what township we lived in (which how in the world would I know this) I was told our township does not pay library taxes so we cannot get a free card anywhere. May I repeat that? NOT ANYWHERE!! Plus since this library is not the closest to us she said I might as well try the other town if we were going to go to that one all the time.(The other one is closer and much larger too.)  She also told me how much a card would cost there since we don't belong to her township and that gave me a heart attack right there on the spot. After she revived me I repeated the amount - $56  for a family which is just me, yes that's right. I have to pay to check out books in the United States of America because our farm is not in the right township.  And I did not even think about the fact that I probably have to pay every year then maybe. Don't know yet cuz when I went to the other library I found they are closed for remodeling this week. So that means I cannot talk to them till next week.

And the other question is whether we can all join as a family or do I have to pay separately from my daughter and family. She also told me they might just not know the rules depending on who I talk to  so I would have to tell them the rules. My daughter is not too happy to pay anyway since there is so much needed at the farm now. But I have to have a library card. I cannot live without one. I cannot afford to buy all the books I want to read.

The lady was very nice about it all. She was so sorry too. She did say that if we can't join the other one she would let us join hers even if it is a little farther from us. And unless she changes her mind we could all be considered one family. (She may get the rule book out.)

So no library card yet. No free card anymore, boo hoo.

All was not lost on my adventure yesterday. I had a free coupon for a local place called Kathy's to cut my hair. It was empty the whole time I was there. I made an appt. but no one else ever came in. I picked the right day.  And I got Kathy to do my hair too, wow, the owner of the salon. Usually in the city you don't even know who owns the place. I must say she did a great job, let me tell her what I wanted, made suggestions and waited for me to tell her yes or no. So I am quite happy with it.

Right next to Kathy's is the Best Burger place. I don't know if that means in town, in the state or in the country.  But since people were flocking in, people of all ages, young, old, in trucks, in cars, were pulling up at 11:15 for burgers. When you go in you place your order, get a number and then go to the other line to pick up your food. This went very quickly I might add.  The food was cheap and did taste good and fresh. Burgers were small and lettuce and tomato were extra. They only serve burgers and sandwiches, not sure whether there was fries on the board, don't think so. The sandwiches were all listed on the wall and you could purchase soda with it.

Blessings.

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Posted by dalmation1080

sounds like you really had a bad day.

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