In Chinese, 8 is the luckiest number, which is essentially why the Olympics in China began on 08/08/08 and at 8 o'clock. The unluckiest number in China is 4 and today I had 4 fails.
So I was getting my blood work done this morning which meant getting up early. I got breakfast and caught the train and managed to get to the lab where they were taking my blood 20 minutes early.
Good thing too because I had forgotten the sheet with all the information regarding which tests they needed to do.
Luckily I called the doctor and had them fax the sheet to the lab. I still call forgetting the sheet Fail #1.
Well, it turned out their computers had been down that morning so the lab was running behind. Thirty minutes later I emerged blood taken and immediately started walking the wrong way to the train station. I soon corrected myself but then went the wrong way again.
I missed the train.
This really wouldn't have been so bad except that I had a mandatory meeting at noon about the Study Abroad program and that was the last train that would get me there in time. I called the office and the receptionist called me back and said I needed to get someone to get the paperwork for me or pick it up from the office but there "were no make-ups" so I'd have to learn what happened from people who were there. Fail #2.
I, however, did get to spend lunch with my boyfriend so that was nice.
So I caught the next train at 12:30 but lunch had made me tired so I set an alarm to wake me up right before my stop. The alarm went off a little early but I figured I could manage. All of a sudden a man is talking over the intercom saying this is the last stop and we all need to get off. I missed my stop. Luckily there was another train leaving in about 30 minutes so I just hung out but I did have to pay for the one stop we passed to get to mine. Fail #3.
By the time I got to my dorm it had felt like a long day and so I decided to take a nap because I was still tired. I ended up sleeping right through class and finally woke up at 7:05, five minutes after my therapy session started. Luckily, I called her and told her I was coming so I didn't miss it entirely but, yeah, Fail #4.
I understand these could have all been worse but really- all of these in one day? Seriously?
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