Building a Writing Desk: NOT for dummies!

Friends, followers, readers who I've never met, I had quite the experience this weekend. Setting out with determination, I overcame my frustration and utter confusion. Needless to say that it was worth it!

These past couple of weeks, I came to the conclusion that what I needed to help me along with my writing. But what? There must be something out there that would help me along. *Thinks hard* AHA! A writing desk! A writing desk in a quiet realms of my room! That MUST be what I need!

Scathering up every bit of money that I had, I set out on a shopping spree (mostly online). I came across hundreds that caught my eye, but none of them would ever fit in my room. So, I kept looking...

and looking...

and looking.

Alas! There I was at Wal-Mart. I found exactly what I needed! It was a little on the pricey side, but I knew that I would certainly get my money's worth out of it. A sense of pride came over me. You know, that kind of pride that engulfs you when you buy something new that you've been saving up for.

After placing it on the floor in my room, I toted my mom's little pink tool set.

"Ok. Let's do this!" I told myself.

Now, I am a very independant person. When I don't understand something, I do my best to figure it out before the thought of asking someone to help even crosses my mind. I have never put together anything like this before. But, I knew that I would appreciate it even more if I put it together with my own two hands.

Opening the directions, I saw what looked like heiroglyphics. Wow! Ok! Ummm...I had no clue what I was doing, so I tried to place the pieces in a certain order which helped. Ok, piece Q and R are screwed into piece S with a LL screw. (AAAHHHHH!! Confused already!!!) After about twenty minutes, I had the top part of desk done and it looked pretty good!

Then, I hit a road block of ignorance. So, I asked my mom for help and she got me back on track. We worked for about three hours and I had realized that I had put an important piece on backwards. The clock was past mid-night and I was feeling a bit discouraged. Then, HARK! My determination flaired again! I plugged away at it for about another half-hour, and behold, there it was! My writing desk, in all its glory stood as a tower beacon of my (and my mom's) success! That glowing sense of pride came over my again as I ran my hand over its smooth surface.

"Let the major writing begin!" I thought to myself!

What have I learned from this experience? Read directions carefully, ask for help if you need it and building a writing desk is definately NOT for dummies!


BEHOLD!!! The finished product!! (I placed Mickey on the top as a means for inspiration!)