Did you see the movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief? Since I have now read the 5 books in this series and the movie recently became available on DVD, I decided that it was time to see the movie. I was looking forward to seeing the movie with the hopes that it would hold me spell-bound like the Harry Potter movies based on the books by J.K. Rowling. I unclipped my Family Video gift card from Teacher Appreciation Week and headed for the video store. I entered and immediately saw the posters showing the June releases. Right there on June 29th was a picture of Percy. So in I went, walking the movies backwards. Around the corner to the left about halfway down the wall I saw row after row of Percy Jackson DVD cases. "Here they are. I have found them." I thought. But upon closer inspection, I realized that none of the actual DVDs in the clear cases were left behind all the tantalizing covers. Well, that was disappointing. Now what would I get. I began my normal stroll through the nearly new releases where I usually find my movie of the night. Nothing was beckoning, probably because I really wanted to see PJ. I saw scary movies, romantic movies, funny movies, silly movies, kid movies and Christmas movies. There wasn't anything that appealed to me. I decided to wander around the new movies and see if anything caught my interest. As I began to walk toward the back wall, I noticed an employee carrying several of those clear cases. He was returning movies to the shelves. I began looking at the choices. But my attention was drawn back to the employee who was headed toward the wall with the PJ movies. Could it be? Yes! I think he was returning a PJ movie. I headed that way. There were two clear cases hidden behind a PJ case. I picked them up as a man and his daughter came that way. Happily, there was one for me and one for them. Sometimes patience pays off.
