stuff that you can't, or won't, do anything about until this crisis is mostly over.
some would be stuff you'd normally get a handyman to fix.
nothing too serious. these are all just dopey "first world problems" that, if we're lucky, will be as bad as it gets.
- kitchen sink has a leak. well, only when I turn on the tap and the water goes down the drain - but water is funny that way.
SOLUTION: I have gone back to drinking tap water. this way, I run the cold and hot taps every day, I save money, and more importantly I don't have to battle my neighbors for bottled water at the supermarket.
- both living room blinds are off-kilter.
SOLUTION: I got one to settle mostly down, and the other to settle mostly up. at night, I figured out that I can take a bath towel and vertically block out almost the entire window space of the second one. the towel goes in easily at the two doohickeys at the top of the bottom window. it's lame, but it mostly does the job.
- "cheater" glasses that I use for working on the computer or for reading - one of the little plastic pieces that keep your nose comfortable has disappeared.
SOLUTION: could just buy a new pair at the grocery store - but I haven't been to one of those in 4 weeks. get food at Target and drink at liquor store. so I'm just "riding it out" like a badass.
some would be stuff you'd normally get a handyman to fix.
nothing too serious. these are all just dopey "first world problems" that, if we're lucky, will be as bad as it gets.
- kitchen sink has a leak. well, only when I turn on the tap and the water goes down the drain - but water is funny that way.
SOLUTION: I have gone back to drinking tap water. this way, I run the cold and hot taps every day, I save money, and more importantly I don't have to battle my neighbors for bottled water at the supermarket.
- both living room blinds are off-kilter.
SOLUTION: I got one to settle mostly down, and the other to settle mostly up. at night, I figured out that I can take a bath towel and vertically block out almost the entire window space of the second one. the towel goes in easily at the two doohickeys at the top of the bottom window. it's lame, but it mostly does the job.
- "cheater" glasses that I use for working on the computer or for reading - one of the little plastic pieces that keep your nose comfortable has disappeared.
SOLUTION: could just buy a new pair at the grocery store - but I haven't been to one of those in 4 weeks. get food at Target and drink at liquor store. so I'm just "riding it out" like a badass.
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