It was a heck of way to start the morning: it was gloomy, dark and cloudy and something had happened to my lamp overnight – something BAD. The bulb still worked but the floor style lamp had somehow become unscrewed from both the base and from the part that holds the socket. The shade, bulb and socket were at a 90 degree angle and the pole was leaning about 30 degrees off of vertical.

This has happened before, and because I figured I couldn’t break it any more than it was, I fiddled around with the four foot hollow rod through which the cord reached from the base to the part that holds the top. Against what I considered all odds, I got it back together. Realize this rod was measured to just barely be long enough to accommodate the securing nut-like features that screw onto each end. It is not a pretty sight to imagine to watch a non-professional attempt this. At times the base was braced by my two outstretched legs while I tried to manipulate the top part on . . . and then, all the pieces  would fly where they were not supposed to be.

So it was try again . . . and again . . . and again.

And now (evil elves?) have struck again. Now I am going to have to try and do the incredibly frustrating task again . . . or NOW is trash night and I could just slide it into the big brown bin. I suppose I’d keep the shade.

Maybe I will try it once or twice. This is not the type of feat one posts on YouTube. I think I have talked myself into tossing it.