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orangerfulI feel like I've posted this memory before but I'm gonna post it again because who the heck besides me gets bored enough to go read my past entries????
So, one of my strongest Thanksgiving Day memories to date is, oddly enough, not about the big meal or family goofiness. It was back in 1995...we had eaten around 4-5 and now it was getting to be 7-8 so I wanted more food. I made myself a turkey sandwich, slathered in delicious mayo, a bit of salt and pepper...anyway, I took my tryptophan filled feast downstairs to where the TV was while all the adults talked it away upstairs. I settled in front of the set and started flipping through in hopes of finding something to amuse me...and I stumbled upon a rerun of the 'Beatles Anthology'. Too lazy to keep flipping (I wanted to get down to eating!) I left it on there but was quickly sucked in to the story of the Fab Four.
That was the day my Beatles obsession started.
The day that led me to go to the library on a regular basis, searching for music CDs and books about these 4 guys who changed the face of history. It led to me actually *talking* to the librarians at the Maryland City Branch and asking for help finding books. Which led me to the discovering the joys of Inter-Library Loan - ah, the day they had a book sent from CALIFORNIA just for little old me...it planted the seeds of "hey, this job seems cool".
And, of course, they asked me if I wanted to work there while I was in high school and so began my journey as a library employee...
and if I hadn't sat down that evening and been more interested in my sandwich than what channel I stopped on...who knows what I would be doing today!
:)
So, one of my strongest Thanksgiving Day memories to date is, oddly enough, not about the big meal or family goofiness. It was back in 1995...we had eaten around 4-5 and now it was getting to be 7-8 so I wanted more food. I made myself a turkey sandwich, slathered in delicious mayo, a bit of salt and pepper...anyway, I took my tryptophan filled feast downstairs to where the TV was while all the adults talked it away upstairs. I settled in front of the set and started flipping through in hopes of finding something to amuse me...and I stumbled upon a rerun of the 'Beatles Anthology'. Too lazy to keep flipping (I wanted to get down to eating!) I left it on there but was quickly sucked in to the story of the Fab Four.
That was the day my Beatles obsession started.
The day that led me to go to the library on a regular basis, searching for music CDs and books about these 4 guys who changed the face of history. It led to me actually *talking* to the librarians at the Maryland City Branch and asking for help finding books. Which led me to the discovering the joys of Inter-Library Loan - ah, the day they had a book sent from CALIFORNIA just for little old me...it planted the seeds of "hey, this job seems cool".
And, of course, they asked me if I wanted to work there while I was in high school and so began my journey as a library employee...
and if I hadn't sat down that evening and been more interested in my sandwich than what channel I stopped on...who knows what I would be doing today!
:)
