12:01AM Mockingjay released out into the world.
8:30AM Began frantically checking Amazon shipping to see if they'd shipped my copy yet. No, they had not.
9:00AM Had work related call. Every 15 mins, checked Amazon status. Still not shipped.
12:00PM Done with work. Checked Amazon. Not shipped. I begin grinding my teeth.
12:30PM - 3:30PM Took all 3 girls out for lunch and haircuts. Back to back haircuts. At 2 different salons. Check status on iphone. Still not shipped. I begin to fume.
4:00PM Home again. Checked Amazon. Not shipped yet. Begin to curse wildly under my breath. Girls still hear me and threaten to tell Da Man. I bribe them with Hawaiian Shaved Ice which is conveniently located in front of the bookstore. They agree.
4:05PM Cancel my Amazon order and race to bookstore to pick up my copy of Mockingjay. Oldest demands she reads it first. I laugh in her face. She threatens to tell Da Man. I don't care.
4:30PM Buy girls Shaved Ice and try to read first chap as they drip sticky goo onto my flip flops. I don't care. But when gooey drops threaten the pristine pages of my book, I reluctantly put it away and start harassing girls to eat faster.
5:30PM Finally get home. Race upstairs. Lock my door and begin reading.
6:30PM Girls begin whining that they are hungry. I ignore them.
7:00PM Girls threaten to breakdown my door. Da Man is working late so can't make him do it. I reluctantly put down book and make dinner as fast as I can.
7:30PM Made dinner. Want to read. Girls demand I stay and eat with them. Grrrrr.
8:00PM Girls keep asking me to do stuff for them. I get snippy. They get whiny and start fighting. I get yelly. They start crying. I sit and watch a movie with them and eat popcorn while they cuddle up to me.
9:00PM Can no longer tolerate another Disney moment. Order girls to bed, abandon them and race up to finish Mockingjay. Da Man comes home and sees cover. Makes mad grab for it. I nearly bite his finger off. He demands to read it next. Oldest hears, runs over screaming that she's next. I shove them both out and lock door.
10:30PM Finally done. Emotionally spent. Keep rereading final chapter to make sure I didn't miss anything. Can't believe it is done. Can't believe the Hunger Games are over.
What do I have to look forward to now?
Well, Suzanne Collins has written the screenplay adaptation for the Hunger Games movie and Lionsgate announced that they hope to begin filming in February of 2011. With Suzanne Collins attached firmly, it seems the movie should stay true to the series and that makes it something worth looking forward to.
2011? Can't wait!
5 comments:
I got up at 1:30 am and started reading it on my Kindle. I was done reading before the book store even opened :) Such a great series. Now I kind of don't want to read another book because everything else will pale in comparison. Sad but true. At least until this weekend :)
looking forward to this one eh?
goes on tbr list... thx el :)
This was all funny but especially I nearly bite his finger off.
I've got my copy ordered from the library. I need to think about something else while I wait.
Haha...this was hilarious. Loving your blog. I'm a new follower!
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