I think I found my new home!

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by vienna

There was somehow a bit of a feeling of satisfaction to hear the loud thump when something hit the dumpster...
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I know the feeling, altho it's somewhat less satisfying when you just had to carry your purged possessions half the length of a football field to earn it.

I think I have solved the showerhead issue, used my last Lowe's gift card to pick up this after work tonight:



They didn't have the Waterpik similar to what I was used to, but this is a Delta with dual showerheads and was about the same price. It was recommended by the dude working that section of the store as he said it's what he uses at home. I still had issues with leakage at the pipe arm at first, even using the plumber's tape that was included in the box - - but I used a thin strip of some emergency leak sealing tape that I had handy around the very end of the pipe and then soaped everything up for good measure and it didn't leak when I turned it on again, so here's hoping that holds up.

I'm a little unsure about this model right now as I'm not convinced the handheld showerhead snaps into the contraption tightly enough, it fell off and bonked me in the head a couple times during the installation. This might have been because the hose had been coiled up in the packaging and was a little unwieldy at first which made getting it set up a real chore. Now that I've got it straightened out a bit, and after it has some time to adjust to its new position, it might be a lot more stable. My old one probably was the same when first unboxed and I just don't remember.

But on to the category of Small Moments Of Triumph And Joy:



I FOUND MY SCRUBBIE!

I had to take TWO showers without my scrubbie AND while using someone else's left-behind showerhead. Honestly, I don't know how I survived.

In other news, after looking at various TV stands for the office I ended up getting this instead:



I really wanted more general drawer space in there, not just a couple shallow drawers sized for DVD storage... plus all the TV stands I looked at that were not, like, four feet wide were just two low. Those of you who wear bifocals like I do will understand what a PITA it is to try and watch a TV that is placed too high or too low for where you are sitting given that you have to look out of a certain limited portion of your specs in order to see it clearly.

Technically this is part of one of their bedroom groups, but it looks like it will put the TV at just about the right spot for when I am sitting at my desk, without me having to crane my neck up and down trying to refocus every time I turn to look at it. Also, nice big deep drawers. Plus it matches the finish of my bookcases and other stuff in there from Ikea.

Now I just need to remember to bring my toolbox back from the apartment tomorrow so I can put it together.