The Plan

The Plan:
I am going to Fry's electronics just before midnight, Caleb is going to WalMart whenever - he wants to go wait in line so he can get what I want him to get.  No, I didn't even ask him to do this and certainly did not insist that he go wait for several hours in a line.  Well I just called Walmart and they are starting the line for electronics stuff at 10:00pm, with everything going on sale at midnight.
I would like to get 2 items: laptop computer and a small flatscreen TV for the trailer.  This is the time of year to get those things.
I am not going to wait in a line for 2 hours.  I will show up at Fry's Electronics half hour to 15 minutes early.  I will brave the wait for everyone that is in front of me - which I suspect will be a large crowd but who knows - to go in an hope that I find what I am looking for at the price that is advertised for the laptop I want.  If not, Caleb is instructed to first try to get the 19 inch flatscreen and then head over to a particular computer I was looking at that is on sale.  He will call me and let me know whatever he finds.

If neither produce anything, oh well.  A loss - yes because those laptops aren't going to be that cheap again anytime soon.  I mean, perhaps Cyber Monday will produce some good sales, but I would rather get one from a retailer that I can take the unit back to if there is a problem.  In that department, I would rather deal with Walmart than Fry's Electronics.

So, we'll see.  I am going to bed early, set my alarm for around 11:30 or so, get up and head to Fry's Electronics.

Hmmm, well if I get a wild hair I will show up earlier, but it's going to be quite cool out there tonight and there is the hint of rain in the air.  If it would just pour rain, that would be wonderful. Arizonans are rain-shy and would rather stay home than tough the elements to get a deal.  The other factor is the economy.  People are broke - which isn't a good thing at all - but in this endeavor may be helpful in nabbing the things I want to get.   This is also the first year that stores are doing this midnight open deal, so who knows?  I don't WANT to get up at 11:30pm, that is the middle of the night for me!  But I won't have to stay in there for too terribly long, they either have what I want or they don't.

Dinner at mom's very nice.  She is a great cook.  She also had all of this stuff for my plants - bark and mulch and stuff.  She got it free and I took it home.  Will add it to my landscaping project.  I took Coco with me - she pretty much gets along with any dog but my mom's Golden Retriever is as dumb as my Great Danes.  That dog bothered her until she snapped at him a couple of times and that was the end of that!  She doesn't put up with jack from ANY other dog.

Well, it's kinda early, even for more, but the double turkey dinner has kicked in and I am tired.  Which is a good thing, I can go to bed and get some shut eye before midnight, maybe 4-1/2 hours worth before I have to get up.

So yes, I am going to bed.  I don't want to be all jacked up/sleep/tired/rotten tomorrow because of a "bad" night's sleep.  There are things I want to get done tomorrow since I have it off and that precludes being tired all day long.

G'nite.

ben