And now, a break from the drama

I'm at an impasse with the whole family thing - right now, it may be the better thing to do, considering that it seems to be messing with my physical health. :-/


Anyways, yesterday, I got to be Ms. Fix-It! Our shower head has been leaking for a while, and recently, it has started to spray from the attachment point (where the shower head screws into the pipe). To keep myself distracted, I looked on a few websites for how-to's on repairing it, went to the hardware store after work and bought the necessary tools.

Later in the evening, I went into the shower, took off the head and was ready to soak it in some CLR (Calcium, Lime and Rust remover) overnight, and replace it with a new shower head in the meantime. The soaking wasn't necessary - there was a crack in the attachment point, and the whole head was just shot to shit. So, rather than teflon taping, soaking and re-attaching, I just threw out the old head, screwed on the new one and put the tools away.

This morning, the shower was working beautifully. No leaks at all. :-)

Since I'm such a geek, I was totally proud of myself for that one!

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I've got a dentist's appointment this afternoon - lucky me.

I made sure to take some Ativan beforehand (the one time I forgot, the drilling started and I had a freak-out ... and may have scared patients with my crying and near-screaming), and I'll be taking some Advil as well. Yes, it's just a filling, but I still get terrified going to the dentist's office.


In some happier news, I got a few Led Zeppelin songs from iTunes (now, I just want to know if/when The Beatles and Garth Brooks will come around), as well as The Killers' versions of "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" and "Romeo And Juliet". Good times.

Also, I don't know if I've said it ... but, thank you all so much for your encouragement, kind words and support while I'm going through the familial angst. I appreciate it all more than I can say, and it's great to see that I have wonderful friends and allies. :-D