Best laid plans and all that DO often go awry!

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I had planned to type my fingers down to nubs today with the myLot special of the day and that just didn't work out. I haven't gotten anything typed here since shortly after noon. I had to clean off my car from our Snow of the Century, realizing too late that I should have done it yesterday while the snow was still feathery and light and not retaining moisture and heavy like it was today. I also got stuck in the back yard where I had parked before the storm came to give the plow room to come through the shared drive (4 houses connected by a driveway that crosses behind them). Argh. But, I persevered and was able to rock my car free in order to travel to the next county south and pick up my Angel Food order that was supposed to have been picked up Saturday morning when we were already in the midst of the storm that dumped just about two feet of snow in our area. Fortunately, a friend who lived about a half-mile from the church where I was to go was able to pick up my food and keep it for me until I got out today. It takes about 25-30 minutes to get down there even though it's only nine miles away, so I had agreed to meet them at the Long John Silver's where I was going to pick up something to eat (I love them and there aren't any near me). I had to stop on the way to get gas or I wouldn't have made it there. They found me in the parking lot and loaded the food box into my car. When I finished eating, I called my daughter to see if she wanted anything and she did, so back through the drive thru I went to get her LJS chicken planks and a soda and proceeded to drive back home. I got back home, cleared out my trash from my car and trudged up the steps with what I could carry (the box is heavy, so I left it out in the cold until my daughter could help me with it) and ended up having a rather negative reaction to the food I'd eaten at Long John Silvers. Oh, I did love it - every single bite. But, there was so much grease trapped in the batter covering the fish and shrimp - apparently, that triggered a bout of IBS that kept me busy for a while when I got home. Then I fell asleep for about two hours. By the time I got done answering all my emails and other assorted duties, it was almost time for the double payment offer to end, so here I am, at the end of the day, trying to at least start one discussion. I answered quite a few this morning and early afternoon - more than I have for a while - but I really had planned to do much more. So, now that your eyes are tired of reading, have you ever had a day when you planned to do something but everything else that you also had to do kept you from accomplishing it? Especially when you really wanted to get some writing done, whether here or on one of the other writing sites?