Hi, everybody. Welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what are you next? I'm Frank and I am not feeling well today. Oh. And I'm Gwen and I'm perfect.

There you go.

I know I'm not feeling well.

Yeah.

I mean, I'm feeling better for God's sake.

I was out all week practically, which I never am, which shocked me and makes me want to just whine and wine and wine and whine about it because I want attention for it. That's good podcast

fodder right there. And for people, my God, you are out all week. You never do that. You work so

hard. I'm like, that's true. I do. It's, well, your staff sort of said that. I know. Because I asked

where you were when we were over in your branch recently and they were like he's sick he's not

here right now and i was like oh my gosh frank's never not here that's never the answer i know so in my

my bed of suffering i realized i worked too crazily it was sort of like a wake-up call it could be like

about you know the things that matter.

Well, when you don't feel good, I mean, you really don't feel good.

It does put things in perspective. Yeah.

You know, I got better, you know, out of that zone pretty quickly.

And then it's just like that sort of, you know, cozy, cuddly,-y phase when you can just enjoy watching TV and not

having to think. You're just sick enough. Right. But, um, you just proved the point right there.

You're like, uh-huh. Ha-ha-ha. But, you know, a couple of days there. I was just like,

this is not, not even fun. I just couldn't see out of it. Yeah. Anyway, everyone's doing better. Thank you. Yeah. So, like, all, like, I couldn't really read a lot. Yeah. I couldn't focus. Um, yeah. Like, I'd pick up a book or, and I would be so excited. I mean, like I said, after that initial, like, ugh, feeling and you're getting a little better, I would pick up a book or and I would be so excited. I mean, like I said, after that initial like,

ugh feeling and you're getting a little better, I would pick up a book and I would just sort

of zone out after a page. I don't know. Did you read anything good during that time or not really?

I did. Towards the end, I did have a book in my pile of books on, you know, next to my bed.

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