Ami's Journal

Yesterday I went to the store and got some groceries. I bought a jar of some fancy kind of cinnamon applesauce that looked really good. I could hardly wait to try it when I got home. But when I went to open the jar, the lid wouldn't budge no matter how hard I tried to turn it. I used the dish towel to get a better grip but it still wouldn't move. I ran it under hot water but that didn't work either. I banged it on the counter but still, no luck. I had to take periodic breaks when my hands hurt too much to keep going. But then I'd go back to it after a few minutes to try again. After about half an hour of this, I started wondering if I was just going to have to take it back to the store and tell them I couldn't get it open. That seemed kind of ridiculous though. Not to mention embarrassing. But I didn't want to throw it away unopened either. In a fit of exasperation, I decided to try one last time. I gave it everything I had. My hands were burning and my face was red from pushing the lid as hard as I could. Finally it yielded and I got the jar open. I tasted the applesauce. It was pretty good. But not that good.