anticipation
There she was, sturdy shoes planted twelve short inches from the metal gate, eyes searching inside the store for the slightest signs of movement. Five minutes. She had only five minutes more to wait. It was a cold morning, and grey, but her suffering would pay off. In just four more minutes, she would have her very own copy of "Monster House." Or "Slither." Or "The Addams Family: Volume 1."
From our vantage point in the car, we tried to imagine what she was looking to purchase as we waited out the remaining three minutes until Best Buy opened. This wasn't just any weekday morning. It was a Tuesday.
Tuesday is New Release Day in videoland, and we had been waiting for Tuesday, Oct. 24, for months. In just two more minutes, we would be able to walk in and buy Season Three of "The L Word" on DVD. Then we would race home -- reluctantly obeying the speed limit -- to kick off three or four days of constant melodrama.
One more minute. We unbuckled our seat belts and giggled as our avid "Nacho Libre" fan was joined by two impatient "O.C." seekers. But we were laughing with them, not at them. Hey, we understand.
We're TV fans, and Tuesday is our day.