Resigned

I rang the bookstore. They gave me a title and then hung up. It was not the correct book. Oh well. Looks like I'll have to find myself a bookstore to play in.

Annoyed

I should be in a better mood. Really, after four days down the great ocean road with Miss R I should be relaxed. And I was. Even thought she was smart and took today off, while I went to work. I managed to get trough my shift without raising my voice. I even managed not to bite the head of the teenagers that were accosting people for money as they used the atm. I did however tell them that I would be calling the police, which produced the same result. I have no issues with busking, provided you know a few songs and can actually play them. But begging just pisses me off. Ask me about my experiences in London sometime if you really want to get me going.

No, I'm annoyed for a very book geek reason: I can't remember the title of a book that I saw while I was away. I took photo's off all the one's that would be brilliant for work, but didn't take one of the book I actually wanted for myself. To be fair I had planned to go back for it, but I just didn't make it that far. Which has left me here for the last 2 hours trying to remember the damn title.

The most obvious option would be to take myself off to a bookstore and look around until I see it. I'm fairly good at recognising covers. It's a hangover from working in the book store. But there aren't any local bookstores anymore. Well, there is one, but I have my own reasons for not buying anything from there. I will have to make a trek into the city. Not really something I have time for at the moment.

The other option is to ring the bookstore and ask them to look on their shelves. This has it's own issues. The store had signs on most shelves saying "Please do not use out store to find books that you will then go and buy online." Something that I have absolutely no issue with. Everyone has to make a living. It does, however, leave me with the impression that they will not be happy to give me the title of the book I'm looking for. I'll ring anyway, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

So, that's why I am annoyed.

On the upside my Dr Who boxset arrived. Just need to get through the last few weeks of uni and I can have a marathon ... and find time for a bake-off ... and the TurDuckEn practice run. ... and the gingerbread house ... and it’s under 13 weeks to christmas … crap.