You think you're having a bad day?

[DigitalBuddha]

You think you're having a bad day? Remember this: In 1976 Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stock in Apple for $800! Now its worth $58 Billion!

[meekon5]

OK here goes:

My flat roof leaks.

To fix the roof I have to move my mortgage (to increase it).

To move the mortgage I must move an insurance.

To move the insurance I have to have a medical.

The medical suggests I have too high a blood sugar level.

My Doctor sends me a letter inviting me to another medical two days before I receive the letter. they we not too amused when I told them the only problem I had with the appointment was I can't travel back in time.

So I have to attend the outpatients department for the medical.

I turn up (having taken the day off work) only to be told "Oh you should have been fasting for the last twelve hours, we can't do this test now".

So I have to re-arrange the medical (taking the day off work again).

Whilst this is going on I am told by my financial guy that the solicitor was waiting for my response to their letter about the "charge" mortgage company wants to make if I don't give them a months notice of moving the mortgage.

I find the letter at home when I get there after the conversation with my financial guy.

So I have the medical, wait the month, money going to clear Friday the 13th (only unlucky if you happen to be a Knights Templar).

Did I mention the last two months are only the wettest in recorded history, and I have a leaking roof.

So Last Friday comes and I'm at the cash point (ATM) seven in the morning, imagine my annoyance at finding the money is not in the bank, so I storm off to go and buy breakfast, only to discover that I've left my ATM card in the machine.

[cckeiser]

Damn! The money is down there somewhere dude....better take another look.

http://dudeism.com/tao/63-obstacles-overcome

63. Obstacles Overcome
Practice not practicing;
Attend to modest tasks;
Sample discounted Half-and-half,
Cherish the roach,
Don?t roll on Shabbos,
Mark it Zero.
Deal with the plan while it is still simple:
Too many strands in old Duder?s head make his thinking uptight.
When a plan gets too complex, everything can go wrong
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!
So The Dude, in not worrying about that shit,
Figures out where the money isn?t.
He who forgets about the fucking toe enjoys his coffee;
He who takes things lightly, abides all things;
The Dude does not confront difficulty, and so has none.

Tao Te Ching: 63. Confront Difficulty
Practise no-action;
Attend to do-nothing;
Taste the flavorless,
Examine the small,
Multiply the few,
Return love for hate.
Deal with difficulty while it is yet easy;
Deal with the great while it is yet small;
The difficult develops naturally from the easy
And the great from the small;
So the sage, by dealing with the small
Acheives the great.
He who finds it easy to promise finds it hard to deliver;
He who takes things lightly makes things hard;
The sage confronts difficulty, and so has none.

Fuck it dude....lets go bowling...