It took me 2 days;
Day 1 shopping and removing the old one - it died the stupid computer won't run the machine parts death that most things do these days
Day 2 was dumping the old one, picking up the new one and going to the hardware store for things like an outlet and box and drywall saw. Then it took me something like 6? hours to figure out putting the new one in and trying to do a good job despite not knowing what the hell I'm doing.
I don't get how installers do this stuff so quickly and every single day. My back hurts. There's a bag of parts I don't know what to do with. There's no kick plate and there's rubber shit hanging down from the door of the new dishwasher and I don't know what it's supposed to stick to?? The new dishwasher is like, 1/4" (quarter of an inch) skinnier than the old one, so now there's a gap on the side of the cabinet that I don't know how to solve.
I'm both proud that I got it in and it seems to actually work and stuff.... but because there's some jank in there I'm not sure whether it matters or if I should worry about it or embrace it or what.
I'm also worried that it's gonna break in a couple years anyway despite my best efforts or whatever and that I'll have to go through this all over again.
Anyway, thanks for reading.
It's so quiet. 🥹