Read the headlines:
Library cat fight between a 20 something year old Barbie doll
and
a crazed Karate Lady
Okay, it never happened but it almost did....and I was the crazy Karate Lady!
You would think that common sense and mutual respect are rules we don't necessarily have to post at the beginning of a waiting line for a Library Book Sale!
If they had rules, yesterday, I'm sure they would look like this:

1. The line begins when the first person arrives.
2. To hold your spot on line, you must remain present.
3. If you leave your empty box for more than the time it takes to use the rest room you lost your spot on line.
4. Rude behavior and name calling will have you removed immediately from this waiting line.

YESTERDAY WAS MAJOR DRAMA FOR ME. IT SOUNDS KINDA' STUPID IN RETRO-SPECT, but yesterday, I FELT OUTTA' CONTROL, ONLY NOT SO BAD, BECAUSE I ZIPPED MY LIP PRETTY FAST. A MIRACLE FOR ME!

THE DRAMA TOOK PLACE IN THE LIBRARY OF ALL PLACES! THIS HAS TO DO WITH MY PASSION FOR BOOKS AND THE PRE-SALE FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AT OUR LOCAL LIBRARY YESTERDAY.

FOR $5.OO YOU GET A FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY CARD AND FIRST SHOT AT CHOICE BOOKS. OVER 10,000 WERE DISPLAYED AND FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS WHAT'S LEFT GOES ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC. BEING FIRST ON LINE WAS MY GOAL!

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:
I NEARLY GOT IN A "CAT" FIGHT WITH A 20-ish YEAR OLD BARBIE TYPE GIRL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A PHYSICAL BATTLE, BUT I FELT SOOOOO RIGHTEOUS.
SHE CHALLENGED ME FOR MY SPOT ON LINE FOR THE PRE-SALE.
IT GOT STUPID.

I ARRIVED TWO AND ONE HALF HOURS EARLY. THAT'S RIGHT, TWO AND ONE HALF HOURS EARLY.
I WAS EXCITED MUCH LIKE SOME PEOPLE ARE FOR ROCK CONCERT TICKETS. READY TO CAMP OUT AND BE FIRST ON LINE.

WELL, THE BARBIE DOLL HAD DROPPED OFF AN EMPTY BOX, WHO KNOWS WHEN, BUT IT WAS JUST THE BOX AND THEN SHE SHOWS HER FACE 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SALE.

I WAS NOT GOING TO SIT BEHIND AN EMPTY BOX THAT WHOLE TIME....HAHAHAHA
WHEN SHE ARRIVED, I ARGUED FOR FIRST IN LINE. THE SALE WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
THIS IS A TAD EXAGGERATED, THE WHOLE STORY WOULD TAKE TOO LONG.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, I LET HER GO AHEAD OF ME AND I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT BUT BOY WAS I PISSED. YOU CAN'T IMAGINE.

I LATER FOUND OUT THAT:
SHE IS A STRUGGLING COLLEGE STUDENT AND PROBABLY NEEDS THE CASH. HOWEVER, SHE WAS VERY, RUDE. THERE ARE NO "WAITING IN LINE RULES" AND BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE LIBRARY ON THE COMPUTER, SHE COUNTED THAT AS BEING ON LINE FOR THE PRE-SALE.
IT SEEMS SHE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 5 YEARS AND NOBODY EVERY COMPLAINS (IT'S MOSTLY SENIORS....AND ME....HAHAHA...A SOON TO BE SENIOR, in six or seven years ON the LINE, AND WE DON'T LIKE TO ARGUE.) BUT THIS HOTTIE WAS LOUD AND RUDE AND ARROGANT. OF COURSE THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE.

HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS:
(YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND IT IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH)
WHEN THE DOOR OPENED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE PRE-SALE AND WE ALL CHARGED FOR THE BOOKS, I WENT FOR THE SPIRITUAL BOOKS TABLE AND I GOT SOME REAL WINNERS. IN FIVE MINUTES I HAD CLOSE TO TWENTY BOOKS IN MY BAG AND SOME REALLY HOT ITEMS.
I WAS IN HEAVEN!...AND I QUICKLY FORGOT THE ANGRY WORDS. (WELL NOT REALLY, BUT I FINALLY MADE SENSE OUT OF THE WHOLE MESS.)

IT'S THE NEXT DAY AND ALL IS WELL. I DID LEARN SOME LESSONS FROM THE CONFRONTATION WITH THIS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, AND I HATE TO SAY IT, B_TCH, I LEARNED TO SHUT-UP AND LET HER BE THE JERK BY YELLING LOUDLY AND WANTING TO BE RIGHT, SHE GOT TO HAVE THE LAST WORD AND BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO SHUT MY MOUTH, THE WOULD BE CAT-FIGHT ENDED. I ALSO SAW HER AS A MIRROR OF ME, EVEN THE LACK OF RESPECT (WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER) BUT THE BENDING OF THE RULES FOR HER OWN SELF INTEREST.....HAHAHA....THAT WAS HARD TO SWALLOW....GEEZ....THAT'S MY THING, SEEING HER AS A REFLECTION OF, AN ASPECT OF ME, BUT LIKE I SAID. NOW I UNDERSTAND AND EMBRACE THE BARBIE IN THE MIRROR AND ALL IS WELL TODAY! (SMILE)