What first world problem did you have today?

My daughter woke up at 6:30am for some unholy reason (for context she usually sleeps until 8 ish) and wouldn't go back to sleep, screaming I'M NOT TIRED and crying which is clearly indication that she was still one tired ass baby but I digress. Because I was expecting another hour and a half of sleep I stayed up the previous night until 1am playing dota 2 and watching on demand tv, still expecting a glorious 7 hours. But no! Fate would not have it so. And trust me, there is a huge difference between when I get 5:30 hours and the full 7.

So what did I do in this dire situation? Oh technology my dear friend, I returned to the world of on demand tv, put on mickey mouse clubhouse the double episode version, because it lasts twice as long before she yells IT'S OVER DAD!... I really need to teach her how to navigate the on demand menus herself. She can do netflix cus you just hit the play button and it plays the next episode but the cable on demand returns to the episode list every time and you have to navigate for some stupid reason. I turned the volume down to barely audible and power napped along side her on the couch. I got I think two whole 20 min sessions in!

That plus a $2.49 lo-carb monster out of the vending machine at work that takes credit cards and I did alright staying awake at my desk job today. But I still took a long lunch to rest my weary body whilst watching more netflix on my phone.

Also my grass is way too tall and looks terrible even though I mowed it 5 days ago because it rained non stop over the weekend. I really do not want to mow it again before saturday.


Also my wife's chest has been mildly hurting for about a week and she's had some headaches. Pretty sure she has a chest cold or maybe anxiety, I have no idea, but of course she's convinced herself she has cancer. Cus that's what we do, we look up every symptom on our iphones and of course, cancer seems to have every sumptom in the book. Head hurts? Could be a tumor! Can't sleep? Might be a tumor! Leg is sore? Forget that you chased your kids around the park for two hours yesterday, you probably have leg cancer! In the first world we dire of cancer and heart attacks in our 40s from overeating. In the third world they don't know what cancer is, they all die of diarrhea, measles, malaria, bubonic plague and whatever the heck else plagues the third world before getting mature enough for their cells to genetically mutate into cancer. And they don't know what heart disease is cus they die of starvation first.
 
My daughter woke up at 6:30am for some unholy reason (for context she usually sleeps until 8 ish) and wouldn't go back to sleep, screaming I'M NOT TIRED and crying which is clearly indication that she was still one tired ass baby but I digress. Because I was expecting another hour and a half of sleep I stayed up the previous night until 1am playing dota 2 and watching on demand tv, still expecting a glorious 7 hours. But no! Fate would not have it so. And trust me, there is a huge difference between when I get 5:30 hours and the full 7.

So what did I do in this dire situation? Oh technology my dear friend, I returned to the world of on demand tv, put on mickey mouse clubhouse the double episode version, because it lasts twice as long before she yells IT'S OVER DAD!... I really need to teach her how to navigate the on demand menus herself. She can do netflix cus you just hit the play button and it plays the next episode but the cable on demand returns to the episode list every time and you have to navigate for some stupid reason. I turned the volume down to barely audible and power napped along side her on the couch. I got I think two whole 20 min sessions in!

What I do, is put on Disney Junior and just zonk out on the couch with my daughter sitting on top of me watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and Doc McStuffins. I can usually squeeze out an hour (two if I'm lucky) before she wakes me up with an "I'M HUNGRY DAD!"
 
We don't actually watch live tv other than sports at my house so my daughter doesn't understand commercials. I think she would complain very loudly about where her show went lol. But I will try it.

Her only tv time really is in the morning. The rest of the day she's always at play dates and activities and at night we play puzzles or go outside. Although we watch too much tv during meals but that will stop when we move into our new house this fall with a proper dining area.
 
My first-world problem is that I'm no longer there.

As a former Angelino, I'm sorely missing Mexican food. Yes, we have a place that sells "Mexican" food made by Filipinos using receipes made by the owner, who's from Maine. It tastes really good, but it's not real Mexican.

About 6 weeks ago, I played about three hours of my new "Pillars of Eternity" game, but then my video card died. It was still under warranty, but it's taken forever to get a replacement. It just came in late yesterday. Meanwhile, I've checked, and my replacement card fails to meet the minimum requirements for the game (altho it seems to work when I have only two characters and am fighting only two foes). Two or three weeks ago, I sent away to Hong Kong for a video card that does meet minimum requirements. It's still not here.

Meanwhile, I read the posts from my friends who've just suffered through a snow-filled winter. As the waves break upon my tropical shore, I just laugh and laugh and laugh. :rotfl:
 
Failure to nap.
 
My tp roll got shorter. I don't mean fewer sheets, I mean the width is shorter. So now the sheets are rectangular. So what was once tear, fold, wipe has become tear, fold, rotate, wipe. Far too labor intensive. I may just stop defecating in protest . . .
 
So early in the morning, I was really in the mood for some KFC, so I skipped breakfast and waited for them to open at 11.30.

Some time later I was really hungry, and forgot all about my plans for KFC. I went to the kitchen and ate two small packs of grapes and 2 packs of crisps. Shortly thereafter I remembered that I had wanted KFC.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I'm full now QQ
 
Well I went full greedy pig mode and still went and ate a whole mighty bucket for one. My poor overstuffed belly :(
 
They have KFC in Iraq now but they don't have mashed potatoes or biscuits. I don't see the point in going to KFC without those.
 
The only thing that matters is the chicken, and a mighty bucket gets you 6 glorious pieces of chicken.
 
My tp roll got shorter. I don't mean fewer sheets, I mean the width is shorter. So now the sheets are rectangular. So what was once tear, fold, wipe has become tear, fold, rotate, wipe. Far too labor intensive. I may just stop defecating in protest . . .

Are you sure it is not just your butt growing :mischief: ?

Don't stop... because you are already 'full of it' :D .

Just teasing. :goodjob:
 
I was out of sugar for my coffee, which mean I had to take my car to go buy more.
AND THE STORE WAS CLOSED ! It means I had to drive for five minutes more to get to the next one !

My day was ruined by such a predicament !
 
Oh, I compared the old tube to the new to make sure I wasn't imagining it. If you don't believe me hang on for a couple of hours and I'll post pics . . .
 
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