Yo, heave ho!

Tomorrow we finally get to start moving our library into its new home, having cleared space at last. The downside is that we've got some 150+ boxes of deadweight books and a ragtag band of volunteers to move 'em. At least I'm hoping some sort of band shows up, otherwise I'll be back tomorrow as GottaBadBack.

But I liked the pirate-esque title today, because I realize that my year of being a volunteer librarian has made me view this as a chance to, once again, uncover buried treasure. Those books in boxes... last year they made kids laugh, they made kids ask questions, they made me a better writer, they made me a better reader, they made me a volunteering nutcase, they made kids see connections, they helped build community, and those books helped kids learn to read.

So I'm looking forward to unburying some treasure tomorrow. I just wish the treasure was a helluva lot lighter....