I'm a pretty self sufficient person. I've never had an issue doing anything for myself, I'm pretty handy with tools, I can build and drill and cook and clean. I make jokes about being a trained housewife. I can iron and press and sew a men's shirt from scratch. Hell, I can even weld....
Basically, I'm a certified Napoleon Dynamite when it comes to my skills.
Then I separated from my husband and learned about all the stuff I have no clue how to do... And there's kinda a lot of it.
I'm not going to lie... It's a little frustrating, mildly depressing and extremely obnoxious to someone like me when I am trying to figure out how to do something and I have to call in the boys. Thank God for an awesome group of friends who are willing to drop by throughout the day and help a girl out.
Here are a few of my embarrassing items:
AIR CONDITIONING: Did you know that you have to TURN ON your air conditioner every season? I didn't.... (In my defense, I'm from California and we don't turn on and off the air conditioning units, and this is the first home I've lived in since college that actually has air conditioning)
SPRINKLERS: I spent hours back and forth between the crawl space in my house, my front yard, and my garage trying to get my sprinklers running. I actually kind of knew how to do this but it kept sounding like the pipe was going to explode from the ground so I kept panicking and turning the water off.
SUMMER TIME WASPS: Do you have any idea how to get rid of a wasps nest? That's still something I'd rather not have to learn, but there are about 30 wasps flying around my back yard at any given time. I hate that.
FLAT TIRES: I got a flat tire, and I didn't know how to release the spare, so I had to call Triple A. That was a little infuriating because I at least have a general idea on how to change a tire...
LIGHT BULBS: I'm down to one working one in my living room, and while this is totally a ridiculous thing, because obviously I know how to change light bulbs, by the time I get done working, feeding and bathing my mini and get her to bed... Let's be serious. Light bulb changing is just not next on my to-do list. It will be though, as soon as that last bulb wears out....
YARD WORK: I know how to do yard work... What I didn't know is that it is possible to snap a shovel in half... Ok. Ok. Three shovels. I also don't actually know how to start my lawn mower, or how to run it, or what it needs to function.
Those are just a few of my ridiculous moments, and I am 100% positive there will be many to follow. After all, it has only been 5 months and we haven't even entered into winter and driveway shoveling yet. Did I mention that I hate the snow? This should be interesting......