I hit upon a new strategy for staying awake during my late shift at the Library. I decided that I needed to not eat supper, and not even much of a lunch. Whether that was the deciding factor, or the fact that there were guests who needed my help with research and translation from Denmark, another who needed German translation, and someone who just needed to get copies of webpages printed. There was supposed to be a very experienced researcher available on the Nordic or Scandinavian desk, but no one was there, so I tried my hand at Danish research. It did not go very successfully at first, but while I was trying to find some additional resources, the guest found the record she was looking for! She was glad for that, and also glad to learn how to access the fairly-extensive Danish archives.
The other Danish records were, according to the guest, from an island which lies between Denmark and Germany. The records are on forms printed with Danish words, but the records themselves are written in German.
The German translation was from a passenger list, and it took three of us to figure out that the person's ancestor was a store clerk!
Choir practice today was not my first musical training. Since I needed to keep my activity level pretty low-key this morning, I accessed more videos on improving singing. I now have a breathing exercise to practice morning and night. It involves breathing in deeply to the abdomen. I hope it will, indeed, increase my capacity to sing longer passages.
I was blessed to talk today twice with my Sweetheart, morning and evening. I also had nice conversations with my oldest daughter and my youngest daughter. A good day all around.
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