Oh, how I love teaching…mainly for the holidays I don’t have to work on, don’t ya know.
😉
Such was the case on Monday, so I took advantage of the gift of time and ran some errands.
One of the things I needed to do was fix my kitchen faucet. I’d noticed that the water was dripping after I turned it off.
This is one of my biggest pet peeves.
The problem was that I couldn’t get the water on the sink turned off because I use the sink a lot at night. With the Mr. working and Rooster in class, I had the perfect opportunity.
The first task was to remove the handle, which involved popping out the red/blue tab and unscrewing the itsy bitsy screw holding it down…
Then, I pulled out the spring things from the holes on the left and right (that’s where the water comes out) so I could take them with me to Home Depot. These things come in different sizes, so you have to get the right ones!
I’d rummaged through the tool box and found what I thought was the packaging from the last set of springs I’d purchased. Off I went to Home Depot!
This is where the fun began.
An older gentleman was shopping in the same aisle, and as he approached me, he asked, “Fixing a sink?”
“Yes sir,” I said.
He walked away but returned a moment later to get something off of the shelf.
I was still looking, unable to find exactly what I needed.
He returned again and asked, “You got a man helping you with that?”
I had to chuckle as I said, “Nope. I’m fixing it myself. I do all of the DIY projects in my house.”
He smiled and said, “Well, good for you!” and walked away.
About that time, I saw a Home Depot employee, and he was kind enough to open a package so we could compare spring and seat sizes.
Before I walked away, he said, “You got a man helping you with that repair?”
Sigh. If people only knew.
“Nope,” I said. “I fix everything in my house.”
You should have seen the look on his face as I turned away and proudly walked to the self-checkout register and left.
I got the seats and springs back into place with no trouble whatsoever (it was a good day) and proceeded with my day!
I’ve never been one to wait for a man to help me with things. This is one of the few lessons I learned from my mom.
Being mostly self-sufficient is something I pride myself on.
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