I usually cannot manage to stay in bed for that long. My curiosity and anxiety both get the best of me before 9 AM and I am usually up and running around by then.
This morning I needed a minute.
So when I finally got dressed and ready to grab a latte and some grub I was on my way out the door at around 10:45.
I decided to go to the movie store first. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I was told that it was rent two get one free. My choices were simple. Role Models for laughter, Cadillac Records for Music, and Australia, just cause. I was excited that these fairly recent releases were TOTALLY in stock and I was glad that I was one of the first to get them. After quickly and carefully choosing my movies I passed by "Filth and Wisdom" the movie that Madonna had directed. I had never imagined that the Blockbuster that I rent from, in Medford, MA would actually have carried this movie, and I was even more shocked when both copies were rented out. At this moment, it was the only movie that I wanted to see in the entire store.
Moving on, I made my way to the register. I noticed that there was absolutely no one waiting in line and the usual cashier was waiting for me with the best/most awful smile that she could offer. If you actually lived here and ran errands in the area on a daily basis you would know exactly what smile I am speaking of. It is the kind of smile that you manage to conjure up after you have just sat on the toilet for 20 minutes straight and have now realized it is official. You are constipated. That smile that says while asking, "I'm here, but I'm stuck, ain't it awful?"
Right as I reached the counter and had begun to pull out my wallet for my trusty blockbuster membership card the lights cut off and the sound of power fizzled away from earshot. A blackout? Really?
"Fuck" I muttered to myself. "This is just my luck" I thought. I had decided to make the trek to blockbuster BEFORE getting my morning coffee and a breakfast sandwich at Panera. So if figured that the power should shut off to indicate that I had OBVIOUSLY made the wrong decision in prioritizing my errands. The power came back on shortly but it took a few minutes to reboot the computer systems. When I reached the counter the salesgirl suggested that I rent three "Favorites" (which means old as fuck movies that everybody has already seen twice). I questioned her about my "rewards" plan and she explained that it was rent a new movie and get an OLD Movie free. This was different than what she had described for me when I opened up the account. Life is full of disappointment.
But it doesn't end there. My morning was filled with valleys and hilltops ranging from joy to overwhelming depression as I made my way on from the movie store to the coffee shop.
At Starbucks I decided to question my rewards card there as well. I thought to myself, surely 10% off every purchase cannot be all there is to it? I was told that it had to be registered to benefit. I told her that I had registered it. She said that it must have a balance of $5 on it as well, and I realized the crux of the plan. Then she told me that if I had read in between the lines, since getting this card in December, then I would have received free extra shots and free soy milk which would total 70 cents a drink for the hoighty toighty drink that I call my regular. If you knew me half as well as I think you do, you would realize that by now, with the amount of visits to Starbucks that I make in a week, I would have half of my rent saved simply in flavor shots and soy milk savings.
By the time I made it to Panera I was DONE. D-O-N-E with disappointment. It was time for the most delectable and most scrumptious breakfast sandwich ever made. They will even let you put it on an Asiago Bagel and toast the ENTIRE THING! It comes with Cheddar cheese, bacon and egg, and I was already plotting out my idea to add tomato to it this morning to make it EXTRA SPECIAL! This sandwich was the only thing that I let fill my mind enough to get me out of the bed at 10:30 this morning and start my day.
I confidently marched up to the cashier and told her, I will have a breakfast sandwich with bacon egg and cheese. Her eyebrows raised and her mouth opened, I thought she was beating me to the chase. "Yes, On an Asiago Bagel," I said firmly, knowing quite well that "On what bread" would have been her follow up response. "No, No," she said with sincere empathy, "we stop serving breakfast at 10:30". I was outraged.
This was the worst morning ever. And I am glad it is over!
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