We drive half an hour south to another town for our Greek lessons. We got there a little early today, so we headed over to the library. All of the libraries in our part of the state are in a system, and we are allowed to check books out at any of them.
The librarian scanned my card then looked taken aback.
"You've checked out too many books," she said.
"I've what?"
"It says here you've checked out too many books."
(Awkward pause.)
"Hold on. I have to clear this one." And off she trotted to the library's nether regions.
I looked at the kids. They looked at me. We started to giggle.
"How can you ever have too many books," asked Butterfly?
The librarian hustles back over.
"I'm so sorry," I began, "You see, we homeschool..."
The librarian chuckled and nodded as she scanned the books. "The Head Librarian said you must be homeschoolers."
Apparently, she's seen my kind before.
I noticed that the library in our new hometown has a limit too. (Unlike our old library.) I hope they're as understanding of "our kind!"
;)
Jeanne
Posted by: At A Hen's Pace | July 30, 2008 at 08:38 PM
I never knew. The librarians at "our" library know us well & so they never mentioned it!
Posted by: Activities Coordinator | July 30, 2008 at 09:03 PM
My library is like MY "Cheers"...They know me there....and lucky for us, they have NO limits. (I have -gasp!- lost a book or two and had to pay for them, this happens when you have a library on your shelf.
Posted by: suzanne | July 31, 2008 at 05:11 AM
Been there, done that! Where we used to live, the library staff looked forward to seeing us. Because of our family, they got more new books---moneys were decided by volume and we increased that volume apparently by a lot!
Posted by: LeeAnn | July 31, 2008 at 07:59 AM
Your Butterfly is after my own heart. :)
The library we frequent has limits based on how many members of your family. Maybe I need to have more kids just for that perk. Ha!
Posted by: Renae | July 31, 2008 at 08:12 AM
I love that story. How many books exactly does it take to confound your librarian?
Posted by: Hayley | August 01, 2008 at 09:04 AM
Oh how funny!
Posted by: Summer | August 01, 2008 at 06:54 PM
We now have 5 library cards for the 4 current members of our family (one's a "teacher" card) because I kept running up against the item limit.
Posted by: Crimson Wife | August 05, 2008 at 02:33 PM
Well, it's probably part of taking the challenge of homeschooling.
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