Last week I got a letter from the library telling me that we had two overdue books. They were both books I had checked out for Lily. I searched the house and didn't find them. I felt sure that I must have returned the books and the library must have made a mistake.
Sunday, Lily woke up with three large bites on her legs. This has been happening a lot lately. It has really been driving me crazy because here in Mississippi, in my county, we have cases of West Nile and malaria. Every bite concerns me to no end. I check the animals for bites and fleas daily. I had the yard professional sprayed, etc. Lily is the only one in the family who gets bites. I keep the house clean, I keep the porch etc swept, there is no standing water. I just don't know why she keeps getting bites. I decided there must be something in her room.
I spent the entire day Sunday cleaning her room. We, Lily and I, took every item out of her room including her bed, mattress, and headboard. This is when I discovered that she had been sliding things like her library book between the mattress and her headboard into a secret little cave behind her headboard. I only found one of the overdue library books. We threw away three large bags of old toys, we gave some of the nicer things away, we sorted the rest and put it all away nicely. It was a miracle since Lily and I have trouble working together, each of us is bossy and likes her own way. I went into tell Jeff how frustrated I was about 20 times. Then, I discovered that actually talking to Lily and explaining why I wanted to do this or that worked really well. She is really enjoying her very organized room. We even got new curtains. We did not however find the missing library book or any bugs at all.
Today I went to the library to return the overdue book and pay for the lost book. They asked me if I was really sure it was lost. They told me it would cost me, $25 transaction fee, plus the $12.95 replacement fee, and the $2.70 late fee. They told me this was non-refundable. The nice lady asked me again if I wanted to wait a little while and see if the book turned up. I told her I was sure I wanted to pay for it now. She asked me to wait a minute while she checked the shelf just to be sure. I waited, she did not find the book. I paid, a total of $43.95 when you add on the other $2.70 for the other late book. OK, that totally might be off it was near to $50 and I don't have mad adding skills.
I went to the store and picked up a few things. I came home and while unloading the car I walked past the bookcase in the garage. I walk past this book case several times per day. Anyways this is when I remember I put the missing library book there when I was in a hurry one day. I told myself at the time, this is a bad idea, you are going to forget it is there. I told myself to remember, to make a mental note. Guess I forgot. Now I have a beat up $50 kids book that Lily never even liked in the first place.
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Start reading it with her 12 times a night to make it worth it! Maybe eventually you'll both come to love it. haha
Isn't that always the way?
Oops. Something similar happened to me. I bought several bags of stuff at a store. When I got home one bag was missing. I was certain I must have left the bag in the bottom of the shopping cart (the two tiered kind, sorta like a stroller), in the parking lot. So, I called the store and had people running all over to check their carts for my package. No luck. So, I took my receipt in and was cheerfully refunded. A few days later I was getting the jacket that I had tossed in the back seat of my car and found the missing pkg under it. I was mortified. As soon as possible I took back the money and the receipt back to the store. The salesclerk was blown over that I would be so honest. I told him that I saw no other option after the store had so cheerfully refunded my money when I was sure the items were lost. He gave me a 15% off coupon that I took advantage of.
You can always smile and tell her that thanks to you, she had a costly education. ;)
Oh ouch. I have a love-hate relationship with our library for this same reason. Don't think of the fines as paying for the book - think of them as rental fees for all the books you've checked out so far. You do the same when you rent movies and return them. Though, $50 is a lot of books...ugh..
That stinks. I lost my glasses once and didn't really have the money to replace them, so I went around blind for a while. Then I broke down and ordered another pair about 6 months later. The day I picked them up? Yep, my youngest found my glasses.
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