Today some new books arrived again. Hooray! So we're back in the accessions grind, which is actually quite welcome, as I've felt a bit like I'm twiddling my thumbs. Unfortunately, a lot of the books are duplicates of each other or even ones we already have. Strangely, there seems to be a BNLS purchasing obsession with a series on teens with various disabilities. I think we now have six copies of each in the series.

There are some gems, though, including a donated book about a young woman's life with HIV in Botswana and a book on international human rights law in Africa. Plus, just having new covers on the shelves will be exciting.

There are a few rumors in the mill:
1) Max talked to Ashley and a bit to me. It seems he wrote a letter of complaint to BNLS for giving us so little support this year. Indeed, he's right. There has been little interaction, no official visits, and no planning. In response, supposedly the head of the public libraries department will visit Molepolole Public Library tomorrow morning. We'll see.
2) There may be a goodbye party for us next week. Max said it should have been a party for us and our host families, to thank all of us, but he's heard nothing about this. I heard about it via a text from Cara, who heard about it from Lucia. In any case, if it happens, they're thinking Thursday.

As always, we don't know what to expect and what will end up happening. I've learned to let such rumors into my mind, and then just relax and see what happens.