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I’m not sure that I mentioned it earlier, but around Thanksgiving I bought Wii component cables so that the picture will look better.

Yesterday I went to GameStop in Starkville just to browse like I frequently do. I overheard an employee say that they had been sent three Wiis and they might be receiving the Wiis today. I was really tired at work this morning and my back was killing me, so I went home for a little while to rest. Around noon I went out to run some errands. I went to GameStop with the intention of seeing how many they got (I assumed they would have already sold out of the ones they received) and when they might be expecting some more. A spiffy GameStop employee told me that the UPS man was running late and they hadn’t received their shipment for the day. I decided that since I had already been gone from work for 2 hours at this point I might as well try to wait it out even though I had told myself I wasn’t going to wait in line anymore. Since no one else in the store appeared to be waiting around for the truck, I knew that if the Wiis came today, I would be sure to get one since 3 supposedly were coming.

A few other people showed up to wait for the UPS truck while I was there, but I don’t think they all stayed. For some reason I had a good feeling about actually getting a Wii today, but I was prepared to be disappointed. I guess it was around 1:30 that I saw a UPS truck at the bank near Wal-Mart across the street and soon afterward it came to the shoe store next to GameStop and then to GameStop. There was one lady who went out to the UPS truck while the delivery guy was inside the truck preparing the boxes. I’m assuming she was just trying to find out how many Wiis he had and not trying to do anything underhanded. Once the delivery guy came off of the truck and I saw how many boxes he had and the size of the boxes, I knew that I was going home with a Wii. When I came into the store the employees could tell that they had 3 Wiis and 1 PS3 just by looking at the boxes.

I didn’t really care that I was first to buy one as long as I was one of the three. Everybody seemed to realize who the first three were and I would have been highly upset if somebody tried to take my spot among the 3. The UPS guy stated for the benefit of the people who weren’t going to be able to get one that he had just unloaded 22 Wiis at Wal-Mart, but they might not make them available until tomorrow. The spiffy GameStop employee had gone to Wal-Mart and returned in the meantime and said that he saw somebody walking out with one. I’m assuming there was a reason he didn’t share that information with us sooner lol. A couple of people immediately left and I hope they were able to get one. A ponytailed GameStop employee pointed at me and said that he knew that I was first, so I went up to buy mine. The spiffy GameStop employee brought the 3 units out and then ponytail guy rang me up. Ponytail guy asked me if I wanted some games, and I told him that I already a game – I just didn’t have a system.

I got back at work around 2 and now I can’t wait to get home to play with my Wii. It’s going to be fun. I may be working late today, but when I finally do get to play, it’s going to be fun. I just hope I break something or hurt anybody.