My Broken Kitchen Faucet

I know I haven't written much other than reviews for products but I thought I would add a little something else today. So a few days ago my kitchen faucet started spraying water everywhere. So we stopped using it and everything was fine for a couple days while I tired to find the correct replacement faucet. I love trying to fix things but somehow I always end up making things worse. I'm not sure whether it's the blonde hair or just bad luck HaHa. Anyway today the sink was leaking everywhere and the kitchen floor was soaked. Here's the real kicker the kitchen floor is covered with indoor/outdoor carpet and so if the area outside the downstairs bathroom where the washer and dryer are and the bathroom itself. Now come on who puts carpet in the two messiest rooms of the house? Well apparently my landlord does because it's there! So my bathroom floor and kitchen floor were soaked as well as underneath the sink. I couldn't turn off the water under the sink because the knobs were too hard to move and the only other option was the main water shut off which shuts off water to the whole house. Well after some time, tools and guidance I was able to turn off the water to the kitchen sink and have water to the rest of the house but I still can't fix the faucet because I can't loosen the bolts to take the broken one off thanks to my lack of strength apparently.

So here I am telling myself that it's almost Christmas and it should be happy and joyful and yet I am dealing with a broken kitchen faucet. Of course now that it will probably cost about or over $100 to fix I called the landlord and hopefully he will get my message because I of course had to leave a voicemail and have someone come and fix it. This has been going on for 4 days and I have dirty dishes stacked up that need washed and laundry that needs done well more than usual anyways. Since I have never had to fix things myself before this has been one heck of a crazy mess and with Christmas a few days away I was mostly just trying to make sure I had everything ready for Christmas for my kids and wasn't as prepared for the disaster this turned into. I think perhaps it's time to take some classes on home maintenance so that I know more about fixing things when they are minor. This whole experience was stressful for me perhaps more so that it should have been so I think it's time to really seriously consider meditation, yoga or a really good massage! They say that things happen in 3's so I am going to continue trying to have a positive attitude and make some New Year's Resolutions to do better. If you have any comments or your own stories please feel free to share. I will also be posting about another Essential Oil which has been nice for my sick kids later on so check back for that.