Hello...My Name is Ashley, and I am a Harry Pothead

My daughter Ashley was down for a visit this weekend. She got this wild hair in her ass last night, and when she gets one of those, nothing will do her until she pulls it out! You see, the newest Harry Potter book came up for sale at midnight last night, and she got this bright idea to go to the local Podunkville Walmart at 11:00 and wait for the midnight release. Of course, not wanting to go alone, she conned her old Mom into tagging along. So we get the baby to sleep so Bill can babysit him, and off we go on our great adventure. We get there expecting a long line, and there is only one lady sitting on a bench. We milled around the store for 30 minutes, then we saw an employee pushing a tv up to the front, so we knew he must be part of the Harry Potter release crew. He probably thought we were stalking him because we were following him around and staring at him. Ashley finally talked me into asking him how many copies were available, and whether he thought there would be a big turnout. He assured me that there were 200 copies, and he doubted there would be many people in this little bitty town. Ahh...a sigh of relief. Ashley got herself all worked up and stressed out thinking that we made a trip for nothing and that she wouldn't get her Harry Potter book. She was also a little embarassed that she's 21 years old and excited about Harry Potter, LOL! She felt much better after we started talking to the lady on the bench...the lady admitted she was there for her own copy (she was probably in her late 50's), and that her 83 year old Mother also reads it:) About 11:40, they brought out the cake and the Harry Potter glasses, and told us to form a line. We were 2nd in line. They passed out the Harry Potter glasses and asked everyone to put them on so they could take pics. Ashley and I made the excuse that we can't see without our real glasses, LOL! A few minutes till midnight, they passed out the cake. Ashley looked so excited about her book that I thought her knees were gonna buckle and she was gonna go down for the count!! At last, the bewitching hour came and she finally got her coveted book...she was one happy camper! Came back home and she read it until she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.

At first, I felt really silly about standing in line an hour for a damn book, but after we got there, we kind of got caught up in the moment. And I told her...at least it's something to write about!!

A night I'll never forget....standing in line with my daughter, all for Harry Potter!

Great Memories.....