Arrival

Thanks to my husband's insistence, we've had this morning marked on our calendars for a few weeks now. The morning found us at Target at 7:52. There was already a line formed at the door. We were the fifth set of persons to arrive, though there wasn't a strict line formed. The crowd steadily grew and I wondered if this was an every day occurrence at good old Target. When the doors opened I naively thought we would proceed in the order we'd arrived, but instead everyone pushed forward in an orderly throng. To my surprise, we were all rushing toward the same goal. The workers watched us rush by with surprised looks on their faces, obviously not realizing today was the day. By the time we got to the counter, we were #9 in line, having fallen back 4 places due to having to lug a kid with us. The man at the counter reassured us all that we would be taken care of and to form another line. An older woman who was just in the store shopping saw us all standing there and joined the line, not even knowing what it was for. She got on the phone and called someone to ask if they wanted her to stay in line to wait for one. They must have answered yes because she hung around with the rest of us.

I hope it was worth the wait.