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HARRY DAY

It cannot be helped. If you pre-ordered the new Harry Potter from Amazon.com, it is going to arrive today.

We are innocent of trying one-up; to be the first kids on the block to have it.

But it will be here. It doesn't matter. I am not at all excited.

I do notice that I have been watching the front door and listening for the bell a bit more than usual. Even though I am not into it that much, I don't want all the effort that has gone into this mass shipment wasted. I want to act as though it is very important.

That is the way you keep service people, like the mail-man (in our case, a woman), motivated. Act as if you are really really happy they are doing this wonderful thing.

We won't read the book the minute it is here. I know it looks as if we are jockeying for first position. That is not the case.

We are just clearing the air. Being honest about our current reading. Letting our priorities be known.

We have tried dual reading and it does not work. One always has the book when the other one wants it. And,if it gets too competive, we will just use the sorting hat.

I had thought of ordering two, but then the mail-woman would have two packages to lug up to the door. You also have to be sure not to aggravate the service people, either.

I have to go now. It has been a while since we looked out the window to see if there is a package out there. They might not have rung the bell. You know how lousy the mail service is. And if she had done that; then no fucking tip at the holidays either.

Not that it matters. One day is like any other day.

Gotta go.