u/Defazio-Wesmore

i’m starting to think i’m the problem at this point 😅 i’ll fall asleep completely fine, then wake up in the middle of the night feeling way too warm for no reason. not drenched or anything, just uncomfortable enough that it ruins my sleep. i’ve already tried the usual stuff, lighter sheets, thinner blanket, fan on, even changing what i wear to sleep. helped a bit but not enough. what’s confusing is it doesn’t happen everywhere. stayed over at a friend’s place recently and slept fine, which made me think maybe it’s my bed and not me. so now i’m wondering if switching to one of those cooling mattresses actually makes a noticeable difference?

all i wanted to do was replace the bathroom faucet. that was it. one faucet. i had watched two videos, i had the parts, i was feeling confident. turned off the water supply valve and it started leaking. okay. fine. replaced the valve. noticed the pipe behind it had some corrosion. got into the pipe and found the connector had been wrapped in so much plumber's tape it was basically held together by hope. fixed that. went to turn the water back on and noticed the caulking around the entire tub had been slowly separating from the wall probably since 2011. i started on a tuesday afternoon. i finished on saturday. my faucet works great. i also now know more about the inside of my walls than i ever wanted to. i've started calling it the old house tax. you don't pay it when you buy the place. you pay it every single time you try to fix anything. and the house always finds a way to make sure you leave with more problems than you came in with. how many of you went in for something simple and came out the other side a completely different person