Anything But Gray

I rush to Fred Meyer's to get the cd.
It's not in.
Maybe on the Thursday freight, they tell me.
"I'm sorry" the sales lady says…
"Yeah, you should be…" I tell her.
Not in a mean voice, just in a completely disappointed voice.
I leave the store near tears.

I call J and "talk it out" and I feel better when I realize…hey wait a minute, we have Walmart now, I can try there.
So I go there, with J still on the phone.
It's not in yet.
It'll be on the shelves in a few hours…

<sigh>

Now….you are probably thinking, near tears? Isn't that a bit dramatic, Joanna?

No.
It's not.
Sometimes living here really, really sucks.
And I know to the majority of people that live here over the age of 21, getting a cd on the day it's supposed to be released is not a big deal, but you know what? It IS a big friggin' deal to me and I so hate when this happens.
Waiting for a new album by an artist I love, ripping it open, reading the liner notes and lyrics while I listen to the cd is one of my greatest joys. Seriously. I live for new albums. So this is just a total drag….

BUT….because I am an optimist…I realize that well, you know what? I wouldn't have been able to listen to it anyway because I'm going to Jaime's class, so all in all it's okay that I have to wait a few hours.

They are all just lucky it wasn't a Bon Jovi cd…..