It is that hard.
But it's okay, because I learn things along the way.
Like the fact that drilling is a lot harder than it looks.
That wood isn't always straight.
That, speaking of straight, it isn't as easy as you'd think to cut a straight line with a circular saw. Or, well, yes, it will be straight, but it might be a diagonal kind of straight instead of a straight-straight.
Oh, and that Ben from the hardware store has a really nice smile, and he's kind of cute, but there isn't the tiniest flutter of excitement inside of me anywhere as he helps me get everything together and even has his brother drive everything home for me at Mrs. Elkins' behest, so I'm pretty sure His Majesty Lucas Westwood, alphahole of the Westwood Pack, has ruined me for romance. But that's something I'd rather not think about, so I don't.