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[elvendoll]

Monday mornings never go off without a hitch, right?

so last night, autumnsshadow and i talked about the weirdness of how the showerhead had started squirting water up (and over the showercurtain) and how he fixed it by tightening it, and i mentioned that i've ended up crying whenever someone has tried to replace that showerhead because the newer/more featured ones don't get half the water pressure as the dinky metal one that looks to be around 20 years old. in a later conversation, he asked if we need anything other then light bulbs at the hardware store, and i said that i couldn't think of anything.
lo and behold, i turn the shower on this morning and water is dripping out of the showerhead. i take it off, make sure more water is actually coming out of the pipe - yup, it is. screw it back on and its back down to a dribble. i take it off, look for drano, don't find any, fill it with scrubbing bubbles, rinse it out, screw it back in and its still dribbling.
resisting the urge to cry, i resolved to work from home and went to sit at the computer, trying to collect myself - i really don't function well in the cold, especially not when i'm expecting 20 minutes of blissful heat and get denied. after sitting there for a while, i realize that i really do need to go to work, as i'll be much stinkier tomorrow if this problem doesn't get resolved, get dressed, do something with my hair and go.
and i don't think i'd be this broken up over it if i knew i could find an identical showerhead to the one we have - but its so minimalistic that i doubt they're still being made. tonight, i'll get drano and pop into home despot on my way home. honestly, i don't know how much i'd pay to make sure we continue to have decent water pressure... a nice, strong, hot shower can make or break a day for me, and having that is priceless - i'm the kind of person that checks the water pressure and temp when looking at a potential apartment before making any decisions.

when i first cut my hair, i panicked that my sexuality was in my hair and was now gone. after a week and a half or so, hormones caught up with me and i realized it wasn't gone, just stunned for a while.
i now think that when i cut my hair, i cut a significant portion of my youth away. and i right now, i'm hating it. i want to be able to turn my head, have my hair spin over my shoulder, give a look and be a girl again. instead, i spend more time questioning my decisions, and feeling a lot more bland. i think a part of the latter is that with the long hair, even on a bad day, i felt like me and was okay with how i looked. now, on a bad day, i cringe when i glimpse at a mirror... i just really dislike how i look. for the most part, i've accepted it enough that its not a constant thorn in my side, but i still really miss just being okay.

this feeling like an adult is really cramping my exictement for mexico... i feel like i can't let loose : /
i'm also a little curious what'd happen if i were to meet someone i'd have an interest in, because my grandparents know about my relationship with sol3 and i realized after some time that when i tried to explain poly to the family a few years ago, they just didn't understand what i was trying to tell them and my grandmother is likely to use any excuse for how protective she feels of me.

but, i guess being an adult has its perks. i spoke to my mom, and mentioned the possibly-failed plans to drive to BM. and she just stated that that'd be bad for my car *boggle* in previous years, whenever i mentioned the possibility of a road trip, my mom has come close to yelling at me. now, all of a sudden, its okay. of course it probably doesn't hurt that she happened to catch a show on the top art festivals around the world and BM was announced as the 3rd best.
meanwhile, my mom is getting the medical runaround. the MRI didn't show anything new, so the next step is a biopsy. the dr hadn't been good about calling her back, so she called there - and was told that they want to schedule another mammogram; she's insisting that she just want the biopsy and is waiting for a return call, again. the only good news in all of this is at least they're monitoring it, right?
apparently, i've been away long enough for abi to miss me. on one of the weekend morning, she came into my parents' room and told them so. a couple of hours after that, she brought a phone to my stepdad and told him to call me; when he pretended to do so, she instructed him to tell me that she loves me. that makes me glow inside, and know that i've been doing the right thing by visiting so often - and should try to get down there before march.

oh? and have i complained about the cold enough?
my back was hurting for a couple of weeks. i then spent two days at sol3's, and with it being warm there, my back stopped hurting. one night back at home, and i'm sore again.

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[pir.livejournal.com]

Is the shower head leaking from around the screw threads where is screws onto the pipe ?

If so, get some plumbing tape from a hardware store. Clean up (preferably with a small wire brush) the threads on both side and then tape up the threads on the pipe and screw the showerhead back on. May need a wrench to get it tight enough. I've fixed many showerheads this way.

Or ask gaelen to deal with it since I'm sure he's done it before :)

[goat.livejournal.com]

I was actually just looking at pictures from the past few years last night and thinking to myself how much I like your short hair.