control my library sprees

I’m giving up on this goal, since I’m up to 60 items —including items of A and mother, but still… I’m really on a roll now of reading and watching movies and listening to old and new music, so why control myself now? ;)

Today I went to return a couple CDs and pick up a couple holds —just to break even on my checked out items… I head to the checkout scan thingy, but the clerk is using it to check in a bunch of books recently returned. He asks me to hold on just a sec, and I agree as he’s doing it super fast, and I’m not in a particular rush.

So I watch the books fly by, when I glanced a pizza book. I haven’t nailed down a pizza recipe just right, so spotting this was so serendipitous!

“Hold on”, I said. I then browse through its pages and asked, “Can I check it out or is it on hold?”

“No, it’s in transit, so it’s yours if you want”, he replied.

Well, I’m now one more item UP from my initial count of checked-out items. I’m incorrigible :S

Somehow, while writing my previous entry on this goal, the “hold goblins” in the library disappeared FIVE of my holds.

Are they helping me out on my goal or did they simply decide that I really didn’t need to hold those? Are they involved in some way with the 43T goblins that keep taking away half my cheers??

^{The worst thing is that I don’t even know what they took out!! :S}

I currently have 33 items checked out from the library and 56 on hold! And it’s already down from what I used to have. It’s time for me to realize that I can only read/listen/view so much within a 3-week period. I have at least 15 half-read books because I had to return them on their due date… and I’ve yet have to check them back out to finish them :P

I’m currently overwhelmed with all the material I’ve checked out. So for now, I’m suspending my holds until I’m done with my current loans. My goal is to not have more than 3 books, 3 DVDs, and 3 CDs at a time.