The Mask

Well, they gave me the mask. I have sleep apnea and they rented me a c-pap machine. Both sleep specialists showed me exactly how to use it. In the office everything worked fine. That's always the case.
That night at home things got complicated. Always the case. I had to move a bookcase to get to the outlet. Had to find something to lay the machine on. Hooking everything up wasn't hard. But since it was night and I had no overhead light in my bedroom, I had to rely on a weak lamp to see what I was doing.
It took me forever to get that damn mask on. Somehow it seemed much tighter than in the office. I just couldn't adjust the straps right and clip on the ear straps. It covered my nose and mouth so I couldn't breath through said mouth. I set it at 70 degrees, figuring humidity was best. No one said anything about ramp up time in the office. I had to check the manual, which I hate doing. There was no photo of how the mask should look. I lay back and tried again. The setting went to four, which meant nothing to me. Until moments later when a whoosh of air filled the mask, followed by the distilled water I had poured into the container. I ripped off the mask, pulled out the plug, cleaned up the water.
Tried again, this time lowering the temp to 65 and putting it on cool down. I lay there for four hours not sleeping a wink. At 4am I gave up, took off the mask and rolled over and went right to sleep on my own. Got three hours. Now I'm groggy and disgusted and still have to clean that damn mask. This is not going well.