I went to the state library in Perth this afternoon to do a site visit to the archives area with a group of students from information studies area at our university. It just happened that train drivers were all calling in sick today so public transportation was a bit of a nightmare. I opted to drive in and park in the underground parking facility near the library. I arrived with plenty of time to spare and we did our tour/visit. I found the visit incredibly informative and enjoyable. It fit in very nicely with the conservation and preservation class I am currently taking to complete my degree. I particularly enjoyed seeing how they do the conservation work and I saw some pretty amazing results. That area was far more technical than I’d ever want to be but it was pretty exciting stuff. I came away thinking I might be interested in working at the state library in the archives area so will keep that in mind for future reference.

I spent a few minutes talking to another student as I was leaving before going off into the parking facility. I couldn’t find my car when I got there. The place where I thought I’d parked appeared to be a handicapped space…I was quite sure I didn’t park in a handicapped space but it looked very much like the place I had parked…except it was a lot brighter here and I didn’t see a sign on the door that I thought I remembered when I had parked…I went walking around in circles and was sure I had done something really stupid and parked where I shouldn’t and the car had been towed. Eventually I ran into the student I’d been talking to earlier and in a roundabout way she helped me find that I had parked a level down from where I thought. My car was absolutely fine and I hadn’t missed seeing all the signs of a handicapped space…I’d just gone a bit bonkers, temporarily, while trying to find the car. I must admit I was kind of wishing I’d braved the overly crowded bus when I thought I’d really goofed…