It's All In The Way You Hold Your Tongue

You know you’ve achieved true independence when you manage to put one of these little beauties together all by your little ownsome.

I decided this morning that it was time to stop with the procrastination and get out and clean out my garden shed. And because I’ve got lotsa stuff in there, I needed to take a quick trip to the local hardware store and procure me a shelving unit – assemble yourself, of course. Should be a breeze me thinks. *gah*

So, I get the damn thing home, open the box, kinda read the destructions and I’m getting in there with the screws and nuts and a friend of mine turns up.

“Babe” .. he says, “What the hell are you doing? Get out of the way and I’ll put it together for you”

“What the hell does it look like I’m doing? And don’t bloody call me ‘babe’” .. says me .. “Go and do something useful; piss off and annoy someone else while I do this myself” (He knows I love him, really he does)

So he left, after watching me deftly (stubbornly) continue with my project for a while. Chuckling to his ownself as he walked down the path. *bastard*

After about half an hour and moments of wondering whether I’d made a rash decision in sending said friend away, (while I was using my knees to hold various shelves and leggy things in place and contortioning myself to hold the damn thing together) I did get all the screws in the right holes, it does stand up by itself and it now has “stuff” on it – and it hasn’t fall over (yet).

My poppa would be so proud! *snigger*

I need a drink ...