Minions and Monsters

Wednesday: Slept in until 8, still made it to work by 9, basically just worked on Interlibrary Loan inventory all day. Left about 3, found two pieces of mail for me. It's the first time in 6 weeks since I got mail on a Wednesday, I may have celebrated a little bit.

First item was a pocket letter:

 Cute theme, but I wish people would do more than just cutting up a picture and stuffing goodies in the pocket. I don't consider it a pocket letter if all you do is cut up a picture, try a little people.

 As you all know I love minions, so I liked it either way.
The second item was a penpal letter. I started one right back to her, I don't know if we'll continue writing this frequently, but I hope so.
I made my second tag for Margarete Miller's weekly challenge:

 The things to include were: Something with pink (the girl), Sheet music, Clothing tag (mother), List (clocks repaired), Book page, and the bonus was a Rubber stamping in two colors.
Thursday: thought the water in my chai mug made an interesting pattern:

 Spent about 4 hours at work, my boss agreed that we should do ILLs when we start curbside pickup of holds.
Found a couple pieces of mail when I got home, a spring card:

 A monster card:

 This was supposed to get to me by April 26th, my partner mailed it on May 4th. It's cute, I just wish she mailed on time, or let me know she'd be late. She hasn't posted that she received mine and I mailed it around April 21st.
I made my 3rd tag for the collage challenge:

 Bug/insect, Key, Sequence of numbers, "Ink", Quote, bonus was Something in black and white.
I finished the night reading Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. It was good, I was disappointed it had the multiple viewpoints, I'm not a big fan of books like that. I had to read the kid's story and then went back to the young lady's. I had already read The Baby Thief and Before and After which are both books on the same topic, the kids who went through the Tennessee Children's Home Society, I kinda felt obligated to read Before we Were Yours. I couldn't put it down, it was after midnight when I finished it.
Friday: I had a zoom meeting that ran longer than I expected, sometime in the meeting, our time limit was extended. I stopped at a local store on the way home, saw this huge gnome right inside the door:

 I bought a smaller one for myself:

 Since it was Easter, it was half price. I was on my way out the door when I saw a whole table of Easter stuff. There was another gnome I was debating between this one and the other one. The other one had arms, and I really like this style or no arms, so I bought this one, plus this has my favorite color hat.
A few other things:

 Some cute felt flowers, a mouse Christmas ornament and a unicorn Christmas ornament. I was going to go on Wednesday when mostly everything is 20% off, but I forgot. If I did, the flowers would have been cheaper. I found it annoying that I was the only person with a mask on, the store isn't really big enough to be 6 feet away from other people. My mom's all surprised that our numbers keep rising, I don't find it surprising, what do you expect? What I don't need to know is the exact number as the newsletter I get about it tells me. I realize it's a big number and only getting worse, I just don't need to know the exact number.
I made my 4th tag:

 Playing card (the flowers are cut from the back of one), Group of three, Bumpy surface (heart), Something that splashes (fish), Buttons, Bonus: a person or people.
Saturday: I received my giant destash from one of my groups:

 There was a ton of stuff in the box:

 I especially like the scrabble pieces above.

 And the resin pieces.

 A lot of fun ephemera:

 I found it better than the last one I participated in, more stuff I'd use.

 How about those trees?

 So much stuff.

I posted in the group event that I received it, and got a message today (Tuesday) from my partner asking if I had received it. It's not my fault I can't tag her in the event.
 I made my fifth tag:

 Path/road, Something cold, A favorite word, Part of a calendar, a Paper with a repeating pattern, Bonus: An illustration (bird).
My mom wanted cheesecake for Mother's Day, we couldn't find a restaurant that would deliver it, so I picked some up at the store, turned out to be $11 for a 2lb cake of 4 different kinds. My dad mostly paid for it, which was good, it was more than I wanted to pay.
Sunday: Got my laundry done, that's a given for a Sunday. I started it shortly before leaving to go to my parents. We were supposed to have burgers from a local place, but they weren't open for Mother's Day, so my mom made lasagna, not even close to burgers in my mind, such a giant step away. It's a good thing my dad paid for the cheesecake, as I didn't get to take any of it home. I would have liked to have a piece or two.
Made a card for a work card exchange:

 I love how it turned out, I hope the person I sent it to, likes it as much.
And my sixth tag:

 something Ornate (pink circles), a Dictionary page, something that Turns or spins (Ferris wheel), Something that begins with C (coupon), a Form or portion of, and the Bonus: Something you see through a window. I originally had it written down as something you see through, the window, and then when I was checking it saw there was another line, so I added the tree.
There was a virtual break room posted on our work thing online and one of the topics was to post your pet. This is mine:

 It's plastic. I got it in a swap awhile back, I think of it like WALL-E's cockroach. I keep trying to make it into a magnet, but it just keeps hopping off the magnet, it's not something fun to see on the floor in the dark.
Monday: I processed most of the ILLs we received since closing. The email about curbside holds starting was supposed to go out Tuesday, so I wanted to make sure I got them all processed. About half of them were for Home Delivery patrons, and we have no idea when we'll start that again. There were also some for people that didn't have email, we have to talk more about the wording on my phone call before I can process those.
Found 3 items in the mailbox when I got home, a dollar store tag:

 I wasn't pleased to see these. I was hoping for something else.
A sympathy card:

 And a birthday surprise, which I filed away to open on my birthday.
I tried to read some of my books, but just couldn't get into them. I made my seventh tag:

 Leaves, Something sweet (the little girl with her tea), a group of three, A math symbol (plus signs in upper right corner), a doodle, Bonus: a label.
I had a hard time with this one, I couldn't find a label or a doodle and couldn't figure out what to do with the leaves.
I put together a birthday package for someone else:

 She likes Disney, cats and Care Bears.
A sticker sheets tag:

 I actually got to bed at a decent time, apparently I spent a lot of time somewhat awake during the night, my fitbit said my sleep score was fair, I also woke up grumpy and tired.
Tuesday: I don't usually go in to work on Tuesdays, but I expected a lot of people to cancel their holds and to return stuff. I found out Monday afternoon we are encouraging people to return stuff. When I left, it was starting to come in, and we were starting to run out of carts. We're quarantining anything returned for 72 hours and then shelving it. It's a lot of stuff to sit for 3 days before you can shelve it, but it's got to be done.
I picked up my summer reading shirt:

 I also wanted to order the YA one which was a dragon, but they were out of my size when we put in the order.
I went to a late lunch with a friend to a local restaurant that re-opened. The place is huge and it was so quiet and empty, it was surreal. I talked her into going to Target and Dollar Tree as well. I really just wanted some interesting food for meals and ice cream. The grocery store I go to has a limited selection. Some of the shelves were pretty bare, like the frozen chicken shelf. I found a few things:

 Green tea, a couple frozen dinners, a sticker book and a caterpillar. I had a really good tea on Monday, it was from another country, but when I googled the name of it, it was apparently just green tea with lemon, I hope this one is as good. The mushroom risotto and tortellini just sounded good. I got the sticker book because there's narwhals in it. I got a blue one of these caterpillars in my Easter basket, now he has a friend. I really wanted some blind bags and a stuffed animal. I decided the blind bags were too expensive and the stuffed animal I found didn't have a tag, so I had the cashier look it up. It was a Little Joe Chickapig, and turned out to be $12, a little too steep for me. I had a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, but we were going to Dollar Tree next and it would have been soup by the time I made it home.
Dollar Tree:

 pen, bag clips, pads, gum, food, toys.
I really wish there was a version of this pen with blue glasses and ears. There was a pink one with yellow glasses and ears, it was too soft to pass up. I needed the bag clips, the pads and the gum (OK, I needed a gum wrapper for an upcoming tag for the collage challenge). I couldn't pass up the chomping teeth or the minions or Boo. I guess I got my minions after all.

 coloring book, stickers, book rings. I couldn't pass up the coloring book either, I just need someone to color the pages for me. Picked up the monster stickers just in case I sign up for another monster card swap. The other stickers were too cute. I needed the book rings to put my collage tags on.
I made my eighth tag:

 Person or people, Bubbles (word bubble), Crossword/puzzle, Text in a foreign language, Sticker from a fruit or vegetable (I didn't have any of these), Bonus: the next noun you hear someone speaking (sun).
I made a flower pocket letter:

And then was too tired to take care of other things, so sat down in front of the computer to take care of things. I was going to get to bed at a decent time (before or shortly after 10pm), it's not 10:40, so much for that. I was checking my fit bit app, and I haven't been to bed before or shortly after 10 since March. I need to get back to doing that. I don't know why I don't, I just get distracted.