First world problems

[Hero_Mike]

Today I chipped one of my lower front teeth while eating dinner. I had tacos for dinner - not even a fork was involved.

I had planned to play my newly received electric saxophone after dinner. Now I have to wait until I can get my tooth filed down.

[Mateus]

I ordered a smoothie comprised of fruits from three different continents, but the smoothie maker didn't blend it enough, so there were pieces of ice which clogged my straw.

[lavender blue]

I was traveling last week, and had a rental car that actually required me to take the key out of my pocket, put it in the ignition, and turn it to start the car. I kept pushing the ignition expecting it to start, then having to contort myself to get keys out of my pants pocket while already seated in the driver's seat.

[Arriah]

I spent yesterday evening playing WoW and never cut up and grilled chicken so my ceasar salad is sans chicken today.

[Sue]

I've spent a lovely long week-end doing as little as I could get away with (cooking and serving a thanksgiving dinner aside) which means unless I smarten up in the next few hours I have nothing to wear to work tomorrow - or at least nothing I should be wearing to work anyway. I guess I better head for the laundry room!

[Cervus]

Originally Posted by lavender blue

I was traveling last week, and had a rental car that actually required me to take the key out of my pocket, put it in the ignition, and turn it to start the car. I kept pushing the ignition expecting it to start, then having to contort myself to get keys out of my pants pocket while already seated in the driver's seat.

My mother's Cadillac has a push-button start, and I'll never get used to it. It just feels so wrong to me, somehow.

[Hero_Mike]

Originally Posted by Cervus

My mother's Cadillac has a push-button start, and I'll never get used to it. It just feels so wrong to me, somehow.

One of my cars has a push-button start where I have to step on the brake to start the car. Another one of my cars has a carburetor and I need to step on the gas in just the right way, while turning the key to start that one. All of this after 13+ years of owning a fuel-injected, key-start car. Why do they all have to be different?

[NorthernLite]

Both pairs of sneakers I own have holes in the soles. I knew the one pair was shot and only discovered the second was holey after stepping in a puddle of slush. Now I have two hours of work left and cold, wet feet.

[WildaBeast]

1. I've been spackling over all the little holes in my living room walls in preparation for painting them. Just now while I was sanding off the dry spackle I discovered about a dozen more little nail holes that need to be patched up. Now I have to repeat the whole process over again on those holes. How much stuff did the previous owners put on their walls?!

2. I'm in "use up the food in the fridge" mode before my Australia trip. Except every time I think of a meal I could make with the food I have on hand I realize I'm out of one key ingredient. I might actually have to make a quick shopping trip today.

[TurquoiseGirl]

The people who used to own my house had all these little teeny tiny nails everywhere. On lathe and plaster walls. I assume it was their heirs that did not pull them out and patch them. I wonder if there is an entire world of tiny home decorations to which we are not privy.

I imagine that they were very twee little decorations and that I would have hated them.

[WildaBeast]

The other problem is that I missed a few of these little holes on one of the walls I've already painted. They weren't that noticeable before (hence how I missed them), but now on a freshly painted wall they're painfully obvious.

[WildaBeast]

One of my light switch covers is actually ceramic instead of plastic, which I discovered when I took it off to paint that wall. Then when I put it back on when I was finished painting I over tightened one of the screws and cracked it.

[smittykins]

I left my phone at work.

[Roadsterboy]

I haven't synced my iPhone since I updated the OS, and now it won't sync. In addition to not allowing me to change anything (I wanted to move some icons I don't use to the next screen), it erased a folder of photos I'd imported to the phone from my computer. I needed those to show someone.

[mela681]

I was all ready to play WoW today when I realized that it is Tuesday and the maintenance time is very long . Guess I'll go and do some laundry.

[WildaBeast]

Since I'm leaving for my Australia trip tomorrow and I haven't received my vote by mail ballot yet, I had to drive all the way into Sacramento and back in rush hour traffic to pick one up.

ETA: Also, the shuttle service that's taking me to the airport tomorrow is picking me up at 6:35 tomorrow morning, so I have to wake up even earlier than that.

[Arriah]

My employer gave me an old computer from the office. It's old for there but a substantial upgrade from my home computer. Now I have to reinstall my favorite programs and move all my files. This is cutting into my WoW time.

[Spamamander]

And tomorrow will be MY day to get all ready to log onto Aion, and recall that Wednesday is maintenance day, and it will be down for several hours yet.

[ganzfeld]

I want to buy an early Michael Jackson single that wouldn't even make the top 20 of his most popular list but iTunes prices it at the higher rate, $2.50 US. Isn't that a little steep for one song from the 1970's, Apple? Even the normal rate is almost 2 bucks. (Which is still weird because you can rent a whole album from the video store for a dollar or so.)

[Hero_Mike]

No good deed goes unpunished. On Monday I went to look at the A/C unit in the attic of a co-workers house - the day she took possession of it. I then managed to fall through the ceiling, crack 2 ribs, and spend the night in the hospital. I suppose it's a first world problem because air conditioning is a "first world" luxury, but my ribs don't care.