A good day is a good day. The trick is to see it as a good day. Some days are easier than others because the good is more obvious.

This morning, Pete and I went to the Meeting House and loaded up the books that earlier this week, I’d packed up and prepared to send to the Knik Charter School. What some don’t realize, even Pete, is what it takes to get the books distributed. The books that were in those boxes came from a variety of different places. And some of these books had been on the shelves for some time. This included some larger picture books, too large to fit in a regular box.

Lulu with books

I ended up putting them in a bin. Since they were going local, I did not have to find a special box for them. These are large, spiral bound books.

It goes to show that with space, I can hang onto books until the right audience materializes. I also included teaching resource materials and as well, (believe it or not) flat chalk boards.

It takes considerable time and effort, categorizing such books, then preparing them for their re-entry back into the real world. Then of course, there is the communication aspect, in this case our point of contact was Lulu Chambers who is the Knik Tribal Council/Mat-Su School District Liaison.

She is short, has curly hair, and in her head is juggling lots of things. She gave me directions, said that we might have to use a hand cart and haul the books across a parking lot. I told Pete before we arrived on site that as has often been the case, that Lulu would have found helpers. And she did. A student appeared who had a hand cart/dolly, and several other students carried books into the portable building that, in time, will end up being a library. Once piled up, those 20 plus boxes of books appeared to be small in number.

Lulu also gave us a school tour. The cafeteria spread was on the right, on a counter. And simulation equipment was on the first side of the room. Students learn, in the classroom, how to operate heavy equipment. We were also shown the shop room.

Pete and I met some of the staff before following Lulu into the shop area. Pete’s wheels were turning even faster than mine. Lulu had said that the school is going to have a library. Pete had ideas about securing funding for shelving. And the students, of course, can build the shelves. Pete said he’d measure out the wood.

Lulu and I then talk about future book orders. She wants books specifically from the Mat-Su School District. I was relieved to hear this because I have what she needs over in U-Haul.

I never, way back when, when Bill and I were sorting through Gaylords, thought that there would be audiences for these books. But we have found it.

Stopped at Kid’s Kupboard and picked up more books.

Came home, took horses for a walk. Tyra and I dealt nicely with the road grader, standing in a driveway when it passed. Then it, which was coming the other way, stopped right before our driveway.

A good day, indeed.

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