Imagine my surprise when I found upon opening the blog page that I had published yesterday's writing 3 times! I apologize to whomever read more than one!
I was even more surprised to find that somehow I had not published the writing from 17 September, which recorded a really special event--refinding the book from Eppingen and helping a guest from the same area!
I am sure both of these errors were user-errors. I undoubtedly did not tell the computer appropriately what to do! Anyway, I will try to be more careful in the future.
Today at the Library we were short of helpers--and two of our most needed couples go home next week. It will be difficult to do without our expert in China research, and our lovely couple from France. In addition, our Japanese sister had to have surgery, so we will be without her help for at least one week and maybe many weeks.
I had some interesting guests. One couple was looking for a German ancestor that turned out to probably be from Poland. Although our two best Polish researchers were at the Library, they each had other guests. One of them did take some time to come and show us a site I was not familiar with, and the guests kept busy exploring that site.
A dear German brother was sadly disappointed when we eventually figured out that there are no known records located anywhere for one of the ancestors he was looking for. Another line needed research in a microfilm from England, which is on a different floor. It was a pleasure to work with him though.
While I was the Greeter I observed something that the French missionary did for three French guests she was getting ready to help. Sometimes I am a very slow learner, but I have not ever focused on giving the guests pamphlets from a wall display, nor Research guides from the file cabinet by the Greeter's desk. A little later I was reminded of this display when a Japanese guest was about to leave because we had no one to help him much. I took those items to him, and another missionary thought to take him to the book stacks where there are Japanese books. When I checked on him a few minutes later he was thoroughly enjoying reading a book of Japanese history. He said, "Who would have thought I would find this here in Utah!"
I had worked through part of my lunch-time, so I did not eat as well as I might have, and by the time I left the Library I felt hungry but I was not sure for what. I also decided I did need to go to the Dollar Store to get some lightweight gloves. I have several pair of heavy gloves, but somehow neglected to bring gloves suitable for chilly weather. Well, I definitely won't get any points for fashion. There were no women's gloves or mittens available, so I ended up getting some utility gloves. Although they are not pretty, I think they may work as well or better than the thin ones I had expected to find.
I did not get any of the goodies that are prevalent at such stores, but I did notice they had eggs in the refrigerator case.
When I got home I knew I wanted to use one of the heads of cauliflower I bought the other day, so I went looking for recipes on the internet. I was delighted to find recipes for cauliflower patties--which use just cauliflower, egg, a little flour and salt, and are pan-fried in a bit of olive oil. That made a very nice supper. I do not think that ever before I have eaten nearly a whole head of cauliflower in one sitting--but tonight I did!
I watched an interview with a sleep doctor--Michael Breus--and learned that most likely my issues with memory are related to sleep issues. I seem to sleep a little better now than I used to, but often still wake up in the middle of the night, and can have some difficulty getting back to sleep. The doctor said that getting up at the same time every day is important, and not taking naps, so I guess I have several changes to make!
I am going to post this now--and then check to make sure it got where it needed to go!
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