I did not sleep at all last night. I was most likely concerned about their being enough volunteers on hand today for book cleaning. I got up tired and wondered how I’d make it through the day.

I drove to Sutton – the Glenn Highway was amazingly treacherous. It snowed last night so the highway was slippery. Now if I’d turned right, in the direction of town, I would have been on the well-travelled, less slippery road.

I first went to the Sutton elementary school and put books in the student bookcase. I next went to the post office and stuffed the kiosk. I then went to the Sutton Public Library and distributed books. The librarian said that they didn’t have any books today.

I also forgot copies of my fliers and newsletters. So it felt like a wasted trip.

I drove back to town and went right to the hotel. The mean cook attempted to get me to move my car, at least this is what I thought he wanted. He’s a large man and expresses himself in grunts. I ignored him and went across the street, down the sidewalk, to Fireside Books where I dropped off books that would not go over well if we put them on our shelves. This included the Kama Sutra. I also asked to have a flier put up.

I next went to Big Cabbage Radio, where I learned that they are assisting the Palmer Public Library in fundraising.

Then back to the former banquet room of the historic Eagle Hotel, where I studied math for a few minutes before taking my GED placement exams. Yes, I was very tired – it was an 1 ½ hour test, the first half hour being one part and the second half hour being the second part.

I didn’t know if I was going to finish it. Because I was tired, my attention span was quite short. I compared this to running a marathon. I knew there was an end in sight, so I paced myself.

The test wasn’t what I expected. I thought it would be heavy on the algebra and the square numbers. Instead, the test was comprised of simple little problems. For example, I had to figure out averages – this was very easy.

I didn’t fully relax when taking this test because I associated it with past tests. It didn’t take long for me to get my results – sort of, I am going to resume working on algebra problems. If I nail this, then I can take physics.

I now only have so many years left....

Volunteers – Lydia doing eBay, and Natalie stamping books. Jaiman came in in the late afternoon, and I had to tell him to go home. This was a first – I hope enough books come in so I don’t have to turn anyone else away.