What the hell?

Waah, the weekend is over.

And we're getting SNOW tomorrow? It's April!

Bah humbug. I want another day like today. And I've decided I enjoy assembling furniture from Ikea. Not only do I have a knack for making the same mistakes over and over, I find humor in it. Late Saturday I tackled this six drawer beast that's been lurking in our family's possession for well over a year.

I purchased a full length mirror priced at $59 - out comes a box that looks about the right size. After nearly dying of a hernia transporting the item we open the box to find an unassembled chest of drawers. Not exactly the dressing assistance I was looking for but my mother claimed it as 'hers'. I was a bit confused since I was the one laying out the cash and still didn't have a mirror to show for it, but alas, we drove allllllll the way back to NJ the next day and purchased a mirror. The beast of box stayed with us because it was worth $265. Real wood vs. pressed laminate. Oh, the joy.

Two days ago I decide," Fine. I'll put it together." (Now that you've asked me literally three hundred times. And mind you, it had nothing to do with the continual reminders.)

I tip toe towards the menacing pile of wood and start separating screws, bolts, etc. Soothing, but a bit alarming since there's a gizillion little bags chock full of hardware. I'm thinking, "Alright, alright. Let's see what the handy dandy instructions say to start with."

Nothing.

Because we didn't have the directions. Nor did Ikea since they stopped making the style. Armed with a supposedly similar reprints from the store I began comparing hardware. More than half of it was different. Ok doke. Screw the paperwork. Figured it out. And the damn thing is almost done. I say almost b/c we made additional support legs to prevent sagging in the middle from the excessive weight I anticipate will be crammed in.

That made me tired. But not nearly as tired as looking high and low for copies of my transcripts. I just saw them a few days ago but there no where to be found now that I need them. Argh.

posted by irene @ 4/07/2003 01:01:00 AM