I am such a dork

This was first written on Friday 9/15, but until now I haven't had time to edit and post it!
I am flying back home from my second week in Jackson, Mississippi to Washington DC and I realized it was about the time that the October Atlantic Monthly should be hitting news stands. I rushedthrough security and into the magazine shop in the Jackson airport looking feverishly for the issue. I felt like a little kid rushing to the snack bar after a Little League game hoping to get a snow cone. My tastes have changed since I was eleven, but my reaction to disappointment hasn't. I had no such luck on getting the issue. I was informed it doesn't hit the news stands till Monday.
When I arrived in Washington I was driving around to get some errands done before my girlfriend, Sophy, came down from New York later that night. [Sophy and I read and discuss The Atlantic every month and sometimes it is almost a competition to see who can finish it first]
I happened to be by the local Borders and decided to poke my head in and check it out and see if, maybe on an off chance, they had stocked The Atlantic. Again, no such luck. I went and questioned the customer service rep that was stocking some other magazines as to if they had copies in stock in the backroom. She replied, "Indeed we do, but they are not shelved till Monday." I began to explain how I was traveling and wouldn't have time to get myself a copy. She was smiling at me (I felt a glimmer of hope that I may be able to get one) and probally trying to grasp why I was so desperate about getting the latest copy. I am sure that this kind of thing may happen for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, but not the Atlantic.
I can say that I was able to walk out of Borders proudly holding two copies (one for Sophy) of the October issue of The Atlantic Monthly. I felt like kid coming home after a night of trick or treating-ing holding my full sack of candy.
Who goes to these lengths you ask? - This Guy!
I promptly took out one of the many subscription cards from inside the magazine, checked the box for a two year subscription and wrote them a check so I won't have this problem again!