If you can understand this story then I feel you will understand that phrase.
Once upon a time there was a girl named Angelic. At 8:00am, Angelic received a letter from the government that she will lose her house unless she paid $100,000 by Tuesday. At 8:15am, Angelic received a phone call from the vet that her puppy has cancer and it will cost $20,000 to cure him. At 8:30, Angelic remembered that if she did not turn the oven on she could not bake her delicious cookies, but that was the least of her worries.