Morbid Romantic

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Today was one of those exhausting days where you have a million errands to run at a million different places all around the city. I got some important things out of the way like my change of address at the bank and the post office so that my statements and other miscellaneous mail will be forwarded appropriately. It was a big hassle, really, and a whole lot of gas to get around. Still, it had to be done. I need to get everything in a tidy row so that I can vanish from the state for a month and then return with things still organized and ready for me. I want to ease back into life and into my new arrangement, not struggle. It’s going to be hard enough to adapt to new surroundings, new expectations without other difficulties keeping me down.

And now for a guilty confession.

I also had to drop off some library books. Some due library books.

Some books that had been due since July 23rd…

1997.

I didn’t know I had them, honest! When I found them, I was going through my bookshelf deciding which books to keep with me here in Virginia and which books to have my mother take with her and store for me. When I pulled the books out, four in total, I instantly recognized their covers and the library numbers on the spine. I have had these books in my possession since I used them for my senior speech WAY back in high school. For all I know, the books could be well out of the libraries system. The library could have very well upgraded their system and kicked those books out of the system since they were so long gone. After a certain amount of time, do libraries just assume that some books will never be returned and mark them off?

I didn’t want the people in the check in place to see me, though. It was embarrassing. The follies of youth, I know.

I did find the humor in it, though. I told my mother that if an alarm sounded, to run like heck to our rendezvous point over at the stadium. I bet I must have one HUGE fine. But again, I don’t know how libraries are. Does there come a point where you will have to pay the price of the book instead of a massive million dollar fine, which my surely has to be by now after 11 years. I checked out the libraries policy and they said that fines have a maximum of $5. That brings me some hope, even after 11 years, that my fine will be $20. I DO want to pay it off. It seems crappy that I wouldn’t have to literally ‘pay’ the consequence of being irresponsible.

Any advice? Any libraries out there who can offer some information for me?

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