Must still wear masks to go to the library

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Here in NYC you have to wear a mask if you go to the library. I had to go to the library today to return a few books, pick up a book that was on hold for me, and maybe take out a few more books after browsing. I put on my mask and walked inside. At first I was doing fine. I returned my books, and took the book from the hold's shelf. Then I went to browse for poetry books. That's when I got hot, started to sweat a lot, and felt like there was not enough air. Slightly lowering my mask didn't help. I wanted to yank the damn thing off completely but didn't. I took seven books from the shelf, without really looking through them to see if I wanna take them out or not, and went straight to the checkout counter. Thankfully, I didn't have to wait in line. As soon as the guy scanned my books I was out of there fast, yanking the mask of before even exiting the place. I felt so much better once my mask was off and I was outside, even though it was very humid and stuffy outside. I ended up taking out eight books. One is a novel and the rest are poetry books. Those are rather quick reads compared to the novel. I already finished one and partly done with the second one.