So i'm pretty butch... I also weight in at around 135lbs and have trouble remembering I'm actually a small person. Not tiny mind you, but i'm the shortest of my generation in my family. I was also a fat kid and have a full disconnect about my current body size. This has a way of fucking up my day while doing things like drinking or lifting heavy things. I also have a big mouth and wear baggy clothes so even standing in front of me it's hard to tell i'm a very petite person.
I've been more than happy to rip open my sink, car, bike, or just about any electronic unit. This weekend i was faced with something where i was clearly outdone.
My birthday was last week and we had a bangin' ass party Friday night. I arrived home at 330am to find my garage door broken. I'm hella drunk, so i'm pretty broken, too. It took far too long to get that door closed. I felt very badly for our poor neighbor who has the unfortunate location for his bed right above the garage door. Good times. I was not exactly receptive to his help either... We wrote them a nice note of apology the next morning. :)
The next day i really dig in to sort this door situation. The pad is broken. I need to grab the door opener and thank god there is actually one not inside the garage. The likelihood being very low as the only one we have is in my car and my car isn't at my house much these days. I watch the door go up and down countless times and never staying down. I notice that the brackets holding the garage opener to the door itself is some chunky stuff. Over time it's torn through a little and where they may have once met, they now overlap causing both ends to curl outward.
I try to imagine what it would be like to actually install such a thing should that be necessary. Um, no. At 34 i have a wrist injury from too much video gaming and a rotatorcuff injury from just a couple months ago. I already know my upper body strength can't drive in a screw above my shoulder with a power drill as i've never been able to even for light easy stuff. To assume i would be capable of such a feat as garage door opener installation would be to ensure further injury.
I say this not to discourage my fellow Mustacians, but to remind you how important listening to your body is. We get really caught up in numbers around here. Your brain likes to count and calculate. Make sure it's calculating with the real potential to hurt yourself on any given project. Scraps and bruises are one thing. Broken things are expensive and timely to repair, especially when they're people.
Peace