Tonight was the ultimate lesson on why not to say "well, it could be worse". Had a not so bad, but just bad enough night at work.
"If the worst thing that happens to me today is that I get yelled at because I don't smile enough, I'd say I'm in pretty good shape".
Work ends and I take off up the road in the opposite direction of my house because I need gas.. its only a mile. Three feet from the gas station the chain drive blows and slices the fuel line.
"Could be worse, at least I still have AAA. I'll say I'm on vacation and I'll be home by 11 and I can get a good nights sleep before getting it fixed or traded in in the morning".
I get a phone call. They gave yet another apartment I was up for away. I now have no place to live. To complicate things, my AAA membership is suspended because my brother used it to have his car towed to hell and back apparently.
"Could be worse, I'll just call my own tow truck and pay the 50 bucks to have it towed the 15 miles."
Get the phone book and call somewhere between 20 and 30 tow places... none of which are equiped to tow a scooter/motorcycle. Fantastic. So begins my 15 mile hike pushing a 400 pound scooter to home, just so I can wake up at 7 in the morning and buy a new one.
"Could be worse. I could be in Massachusetts where its 20 degrees out or it could be raining.
Hahahaha. No fucking sooner did I say that, than it fucking started pouring.
So, now I have no money, no place to live at the end of the year, and no vehicle. Plus, I was counting on this paycheck to finish off paying my rent for the month. This should be an interesting couple weeks. Moral of this story.... Don't ever ever ever ever ever ever ever say "It could be worse". Although, I'd hate to think about how my day would have gone if I hadn't picked up a heads up penny.
"If the worst thing that happens to me today is that I get yelled at because I don't smile enough, I'd say I'm in pretty good shape".
Work ends and I take off up the road in the opposite direction of my house because I need gas.. its only a mile. Three feet from the gas station the chain drive blows and slices the fuel line.
"Could be worse, at least I still have AAA. I'll say I'm on vacation and I'll be home by 11 and I can get a good nights sleep before getting it fixed or traded in in the morning".
I get a phone call. They gave yet another apartment I was up for away. I now have no place to live. To complicate things, my AAA membership is suspended because my brother used it to have his car towed to hell and back apparently.
"Could be worse, I'll just call my own tow truck and pay the 50 bucks to have it towed the 15 miles."
Get the phone book and call somewhere between 20 and 30 tow places... none of which are equiped to tow a scooter/motorcycle. Fantastic. So begins my 15 mile hike pushing a 400 pound scooter to home, just so I can wake up at 7 in the morning and buy a new one.
"Could be worse. I could be in Massachusetts where its 20 degrees out or it could be raining.
Hahahaha. No fucking sooner did I say that, than it fucking started pouring.
So, now I have no money, no place to live at the end of the year, and no vehicle. Plus, I was counting on this paycheck to finish off paying my rent for the month. This should be an interesting couple weeks. Moral of this story.... Don't ever ever ever ever ever ever ever say "It could be worse". Although, I'd hate to think about how my day would have gone if I hadn't picked up a heads up penny.