I'm sitting on my couch full on Chinese Food and muscle relaxers with a cold pack on my neck...This is the peril of NOT being A plural. A few weeks ago I had the urge to purchase myself a new headboard and footboard for my bed. So I went to my favorite website www.overstock.com and purchased it! I bragged for a week that this new purchase was 5% off the regular price and I only paid $1 for the delivery of the 67 & 32 lbs boxes the bed was coming in. I had not taken into consideration the fact this bed wouldn't come to my door already put together. I came home on a Friday night to find these awkwardly shaped boxes leaning up against my front door. I was so excited!! Then I decided it was a wise decision for me to finagle these boxes upstairs...by myself. I straddled, I pushed with my feet, I lifted with my knees, I rested them on my legs, I tried to even balance them on my head like those women in Africa who carry the buckets of water on their heads. Finally, not on my head, but I was able to get the boxes upstairs. Because I live alone, I have the pleasure of leaving things until I want to get them done. The issue is sometimes I'd rather get things done before anyone has a chance to help, even if they offered I would probably say no...because I am an idiot. Well when I opened these boxes and discovered a 4, count them FOUR page front and back instruction manual I was...concerned. However, I channeled my dad and all he has taught me about home improvement and reading instructions thoroughly. I was able to put it together, all by myself. It only took me two and a half hours, but I actually finished it.
Now here comes the bad part. Putting a bed together where a bed once stood means there is lifting and shifting and moving that has to occur. A girl with a back issue should really refrain from this type of activity. Well here I am two weeks later with lower back pain, keeping me from my beloved Bikram Yoga and now I have a crick so painful in my neck I can't actually move my head to the left or back, hence my current use of muscle relaxers.
My current peril of not being a part of an "us" has actually crippled me. Who would have thought that being single would send a person into back spasms and neck cricks. I think I need to add to what I am looking for in my eharmony profile "A Good HandyMan and good at killing bugs" because let's face it, I need someone willing to hang a picture and kill a spider all at the same time.
Here are some pictures:
The Pieces
The 4 page instruction manual
Lifting, Shifting and Moving
Channeling Dad's Words of Home Improvement
Finished Product!
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