One of Those Days

**Ken** · 09-23-2013, 05:09 PM

Yup, today is one of 'em, all right.

I climbed out of bed at 6:00, and walked into the kitchen a few minutes later to put a pot of coffee on. Clyde (my 15+ year-old beagle) left me a present on the kitchen floor. I stepped in it. Thank God that I had slippers on. So I washed the kitchen floor, and went downstairs where I scraped off my slipper and rinsed it off in the work sink in the basement, and threw it in the washer. Then, I washed my hands and went upstairs to make a pot of coffee.

I put the fresh grounds in the clean basket, filled the reservoir, and pushed the button. Five minutes later, I went back into the kitchen and realized that I hadn't washed out the pot last night, and the leftover coffee inside caused the thing to overflow all over the place. It took 15 minutes to clean that mess.

Then I poured a cup of coffee and opened a new quart of light cream I bought just yesterday. The cream was bad. So I used almond milk in my coffee instead. Blah.

Around 9:15, a client called me in a frenzy because I wasn't in court - out of town - where he was waiting for me. I didn't think I had court today, and my calendar shows he was on for tomorrow. He insisted it was today. Crap. So I called the court to check. I was right. He is scheduled for tomorrow. Still, one more bit of stress....

Something told me I should have gone back to bed.....

I had to get some paperwork done and filed in court this afternoon. One required a $275.00 filing fee. I finished the paperwork and drove to court. When I got to the counter at the clerk's office I realized that I left the check for the $275.00 on my desk. I paid in cash.

I got back to my truck and found that 2 jerkoffs had boxed me in at the meter. One car left me a foot of clearance; the other car was practically welded to my rear bumper. It took 5 minutes of backing up and driving forward to get out of there. I did not key or vandalize either car. But I wanted to.

About 15 minutes later, I pulled into my driveway. I realized that I had forgotten to stop for gas. Crap. Back on the road again.

When I got back home, I tried to open the drivers door to get out of my truck and the handle made a funny sound. It's broken. I rolled down the window and opened it from the outside.

Something told me I should have just gone inside and climbed into bed.

I grabbed the mail out of the box on my way in. And what do I find? A damned notice from the United States Bankruptcy Court. Last summer, I purchased two tickets for a hot air balloon ride in New Hampshire. We called to confirm that the weather was good and the ride was still on. Four hours later, the balloon pilot - or whatever he's called - told us that the wind had picked up too much, but we could reschedule anytime within the next 2 years. The same thing happened 3 weeks later. And today, I got the notice in the mail informing me that

Headband, LLC, dba 1800SkyRide
filed a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Petition
and is screwing me
out of the $400.00 I paid
for 2 balloon ride tickets.

But the worst thing is, there are still 7 hours left before midnight.

**Winnie** · 09-23-2013, 05:18 PM

Go to bed early, and it will go away.

Til tomorrow.

**canid** · 09-23-2013, 05:21 PM

But at least you've got clean slippers. Probably cleaner than they began their day.

Hang in there, Sir. You can't always pick even your battles, but with a selective enough memory, or a good historian, you can always pick your victories.