After 24 hours of hard work, dedication, and support

I would like to announce that my new bathroom faucet is installed.

I was up against many challenges along the way. We lost a soldier in battle. RIP my hair dryer that I got second hand over a decade ago. We made friends- shoutout to the guy at Home Depot who showed me how to attach a supply line extension.

I’m full of relief. I’m not fully intact. I lost a nail during battle, and one of my fingers is still numb from trying to remove a plastic bolt.

The biggest shoutout to my dad, who supplied a diamond dremel bit, and then showed up this morning to finish dremeling when I gave up last night, too full of defeat to continue.

I present to you, a faucet that doesn’t leak 🥹

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PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F

Could you BE any more badass? Seriously cool and dang, is that a pretty faucet. Major kudos to ya ✋🏻

itsok · 31-35, F

@PerfectionOfTheHeart thank you so much! I do feel kinda proud of myself, and I think it’d be fun to learn how to do more things like this.

PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F

@itsok Trust me, it is. I fixed a leaky pipe a couple of weeks ago and just having a bit of knowledge and tools to do that made me feel like She-Ra for the rest of that glorious day. It’s a good skill set to have.

itsok · 31-35, F

@PerfectionOfTheHeart That is so cool! Now I want to know how to fix a leaking pipe. My inspiration was seeing it costs $200 to have a faucet installed. 😅 I was thinking I need tools. I borrowed all the tools I used from my dad and brother in law. Do people just slowly acquire them as they need them?

PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F

@itsok YouTube is your friend. And the local places, like your Home Depot. We have a mom and pop kind of hardware store in town that has helped me with so many projects. The knowledge of such pros is legit inspiring and they’re so good at walking you through some of the steps.

But the tools I acquired were inherited from my dad when he passed away. He was the main handyman for a large real estate company that also had rental units so he pretty much did the hard work of gathering the tools for me. Guess I really leaned into repairing things because it made me feel closer to him by using his tools and applying them as he would have. It’s just a whole category we all need to be skilled in to avoid those high repair costs as much as we can and to make us feel that extra 💪🏻

itsok · 31-35, F

@PerfectionOfTheHeart I love that so much. This year I’m also determined on learning how to do simple things to my car. I just learned how to change a tire, and I’m going to change my filters by myself soon.

PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F

@itsok I cannot heart that enough.