Didya Ever Have One of Those Weeks?, What's Your Tale of Woe ? Options

[bandjoey]

A week ago I wanted to change the rear shocks. It looked like a simple couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon. Here's were I am today. DaJaVu Anyone?
Lay out shocks and make a plan.
1. Pull 4 Wheels and up on Jackstands
2. Discover I didn't have a box end wrench large enough for the shock bolt
3. Drive to brothers and borrow a wrench
4. Examine brake pads and see they're down to the metal
5. Pull the calipers to discover a broken pad and ground up piston
6. Pull a set of rebuilts out of storage. Install all 4 calipers
7. Adjust the clearance and find a leak on one of the rebuilt calipers
8. Post on World, and PMB comes to the rescue, mailing me out new Orings
9. Wait on mail. Change out shocks...questions on fit
10. Post ?? on World and get several answers. Satisified I'm ok
11. Waiting on mail. Decide to install new fuel pump and filter.
12. Find casting crack in new fuel pump. Take it back the next day for swap out.
13. Install new pump and filter. See Mikey's post on his car burning up.
14. Still thinking about fire - go back and double check the pump and lines
15. Mail comes. Put Orings and instructions on work bench.
16. Grab Heat exchange tin as I start to pull the caliper.
17. Heat exchange tin rattles. Crawl under the car to tighten.
18. Discover AC Compressor is hanging by only 1 bolt - 3 missing
19. Pulled the compressor out. Start thinking on how to plug that 10 x 10 hole.
20. Discover battery tray I never painted has surface rust.
21. Tomorrow will try to install O Rings and get car off jack stands.
Wonder what else I'll find. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

What's your tale?