A day in the life of..

I took Tyler to the mall to see Santa weeks ago, and he asked for two things. A Yugio Duel Disk and the ESPN Game Center. I had no idea what either one of the toys were. Luckily, I was shopping around Wal-mart and found the Duel Disk. I am glad I picked it up right away because it ended up being one of those hot items that are hard to find. Anyway, Mike knew what the ESPN Game Center was because he was with Mike months before when he pointed it out. So, I saw the thing at Wal-mart and thought nothing of it. I mean, the thing was in a HUGE box and it cost $180 so I didn't think the thing would be flying off the shelves. The plan was that while he was in Jacksonville I would buy the thing and set it up so when he came home he would know that Santa was there. I think the first Monday he was gone we went to Walmart to pick this thing up and it wasn't in the place it was before, so we asked the store associate. They practically laughed at us and told us it had been sold out for months. Of course I am like heartbroken but I figured, no big deal, I will just go to another Walmart. Well, when we went home and looked on the internet to see if we could buy it on line. It said, "Item not available - Sold Out." I thought to myself this can not be good. I was crying at the thought of my darling child not receiving one of only two things he asked for! (No, I was really crying!) I was prepared to drive to every Walmart in the nation to get this thing. I figured I had two weeks to get it! Of course I call Deborah and tell her about it because she is the only person who will understand my dire need for this game! So, like 2 days later Deborah went to the base to shop for Christmas gifts and just asked to see if they had that thing and of course the salesperson laughed at her and told her they had been gone for weeks, blah blah blah... So Deborah is shopping around and they say over the intercom, "Will the lady looking for the ESPN Game Center please come to the front of the store?" They had found one!!! To make it even better, the thing only cost $140 there and no tax! It truly was a Christmas Miracle!