Library Card
Mira (7) got her first library card today, and
selected a book about dinosaurs. That's my
girl!
I got my first library card when
I was 7, too, in Chicago. They had a rule that kids could only check out 3
books at a time, but if they brought them back on time, they could check out as
many as they wanted. Naturally, I checked out 3 books, read them, and returned
them the same day. (Life is good when you're within walking distance to a
public library.) So for my second batch of books I checked out, oh, 30
books.
It turns out that it was quite a
struggle for me to carry even 15 books. I solved this by picking up half the
stack, walking forward 20 feet, setting the stack down, and going back for the
second half. Crossing the street took quite many steps. Probably took me an
hour to get home, and I was pooped. After that I limited myself to 10 or so at
a time.
Don't bite off more than you
enjoy chewing.
Filed Tue - February 22, 2005, 06:01 PM in
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