I Had Some Wonderful Dim Sum While Travelling Between Inconveniences

Well first, my television's screen went fuzzy. Actually, it was more like snowy. Not a full blizzard, but the kind of snowstorm you wouldn't want to be driving in. So it seems I'll have to be acquiring a new tv. Nuts. Then, I had a run in with the Nurse Ratchett (not sure about the spelling, but the name refers to the character of the head nurse in the movie adaptation of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) of my general practitioner's (family doctor) office staff. 
I think my doctor is a damn fine one, and most of his staff is excellent, also. With the exception of one. He has a nurse practitioner on staff, who is a serious "B". I'll let you figure out what the B stands for, but it ain't Buddy. Anyway, I talked to someone on his staff last week to call in a prescription I needed to renew for one of my immune system disorder's inconvenient (and a bit uncomfortable) symptoms, which I'm sure she did. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, the pharmacy did not show receiving the request as of this morning. I called my Doctor's office, and talked to one of his staff, who then had me hold until the Iron Maiden (which is actually a device of torture used in Medieval times) came on the line, and said they showed the call to the pharmacy had been placed Friday. I said, fine, but the pharmacy didn't have the request. To which, she said, the call was placed, and was documented. She had it right in front of her. I said, fine, but the pharmacy didn't have the request. Then, she said, it had been done, as if I was questioning her authority in the matter. Maybe, when she got a chance she would talk to them later. Not having just fallen off the back of a turnip truck (an expression that means, I didn't just arrive in the big city fresh off the farm), I immediately called the pharmacy, and told them what the wonderful nurse lady had said. The woman at the pharmacy (who truly is wonderful), told me she would call the doctor's office. And lo and behold, I was able to get my medication. Amazing. How simple things can be. 
Albert, meanwhile,who was trying to remain asleep under my bed, had escalated from making snuffling noises, to loud huffing, and finally to growling. Albert is a bear, who just so happens to enjoy sleeping under my bed, particularly on hot and humid days like today, since I have an air conditioner. Eddie, my other roommate, a cockatiel, was yelling up a storm as he usually does when I talk for any extended period on the phone. He feels it's his duty to join in. He really does enjoy himself doing this.
Luckily for me, I was late for a birthday party, and had to bolt (or to use a really big word: I had to asquatulate, which means to leave in a hurry). Which made Albert very happy, and Eddie very upset.
Anyroad, it was a simply magnificent celebration, at a local Chinese restaurant, that serves truly outstanding dim sum. Between the excellent food and my wonderful friends, all my tiny inconveniences, were finally left behind. 
And may all your troubles, big or small, be as easily disposed of.