In which I (annually) learn how handy I am around the house
*updated*
Well, after kicking back various vodka and Motrin cocktails till 4:30 a.m. (whilst watching hours of HBO On-Demand), I finally got to sleep. Yay! Just woke up, and I feel great!
Was just bitching to the cat about having to go drive across the county line to go get a shower. But then my inner bitchhandywoman took over, and I figured out how to turn on the water. You see, the dipshit maintenance staff painted over the little door to the tub controls, and I had to fight to find it and get it open, but I did it. Now, to clean the tub and have my inaugural full-body cleansing! w00t!
UPDATE
Would you believe, 10 minutes after posting this, the maintenance guy came to fix my shower? I was so thrilled to say, “Nope. Did it myself. Thanks anyway!”
But insofar as my ant problem, the guy brought me a can of Raid. The same can I bought last week. But I haven’t seen a bug in two days, so my self-extermination must’ve worked.
I did get a talking-to for shortening the chain on the ugly chandelier that they put in my dining area. Ugh. It’s brass with six weird candle-looking thingies. The guy said I need to have it 10 chain links down (it’s at about five, because I was hitting my head on it). Not to mention that it’s not even centered — if I put my dining room table under it, no one could get into the kitchen. And did I mention how ugly it is? I told him, look, all the gay men I had moving me told me I need to move that monstrosity entirely. He laughed and said he had to agree with us!