Life is so darn whimsical and surprising at times.
Case in point: I stopped by the Bedford Library a few days ago to renew a book I had checked out. Or at least thought I had checked out. I expected to only be a moment or two before I would be on my way again. The front desk is almost dead center in the building and straight ahead when you come in so I strode up like a champ with my library card in hand along with the book which I handed off for the librarian to fix me up. As the affable lass piddled around on her computer she discovered something quite interesting and unexpected. Somehow the book I checked out two weeks prior apparently had never registered! There was no record whatsoever of my ever checking out the book which leads me to wonder how I even managed to walk out of the library with it? Don’t ask me how I pulled that off. Maybe there was a hiccup in the system or something. Needless to say this amusing turn of events caught us both by surprise. Now what do you do about that?
It was one of those unexpected bloopers that occasionally happens in life and we both had a good laugh over it. The librarian told me that I could bring my book back whenever I was finished with it. I was pleased to hear that as the book is a chonk at six hundred some pages of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s autobiography aptly titled ‘Total Recall’ which he does with gusto. It’s a great read about a very interesting and industrious guy who might be a bit more than most people can handle including our library’s automatic checkout. I appreciate having the extra time to read it at my leisure as it’s a darn fine read that will take me a while to get through. As much as I’ve paid in late fees for overdue books I’m grateful that I’m getting a break at last. I bet Arnold would approve too.
