Not Irony but something like it

We as a people don't really understand the true definition of irony... we read it over and over again but yet still use it incorrectly. This isn't a post about literary terms or their uses, frankly I don't feel that I'm really qualified to argue the subject one way or another because I'm not an English major or English teacher... I mention it only because... I'm about to use the word Ironic... incorrectly. And I know that ahead of time.



I'm not a patient person... you can ask anyone who knows me and chances are they know I'm the most impatient person they've ever met. I don't typically buy things online for the sheer fact of.. I am so impatient that the waiting period drives me bat-shit crazy. So the fact that this week alone I was waiting for, a new necklace I bought on Amazon, Paperback copies of my book, hardcover copies AND my business cards it's easy to see why this week was one that drove me around the bend. And actually I've been waiting for the necklace, hardcover and paperbacks since February 21st. Today the last of my items finally arrived, after almost a week of me stalking UPS, Fed-Ex and USPS tracking respectively.



Why I find this.... not ironic but something like it... is because a lot of my readers, are incredibly impatient themselves.



Less than a day after finishing the first book one of my best friends was already wanting the sequel. A day! Technically.... this is not ironic in the textbook definition of the word... but if you think about how we've sort of re-coined the term it's actually the new definition of irony. As impatient as I am... for the first time in my life I'm having to deal with people more impatient than myself... if that's even possible.



And while that may not be "ironic" it certainly feels hysterical.