Yay!
Good, you are getting well.
I think the maintenance people should be the ones to try the valve. If nothing else work, they can turn the water off to the whole apartment and change the valve. I have broken a few valves, trying to close or open them. The Ballofix valves get stuck in no time.
That is definitely the smart thing to do. 
I don’t want to get started on the wrong foot over there.
Yes to all of the above–get help, rest. I’ll add, hydrate, pet the cats.
Hydrate the cats?
Hehe.
Covid tests are now expensive! At Walgreen’s they were $15 each yesterday.
Strange, I can go and buy them everywhere at 30 Danish kroner ($4.34). I guess there is a profit for the shops, even here, or they would let apothecaries carry them.
I haven’t researched the subject thoroughly. They may be cheaper elsewhere. But I guess the days of the free government tests are over.
They are available free at my public library. The county Public Health dept provides them.
About $12 each is what I’m seeing them sell for at local stores.
Thanks, I’ll look into that.
You may have a long list of tasks, such as the bidet seat, that you’d like to have done. But they don’t all need to be done immediately.
If you have a bed & a sheet, you’re set for the first week. Plan on doing one baby task each day. Just one. Spend the rest of the time sleeping, lazing about the grounds, yakking with new neighbors, etc.
Between the food the facility provides, and the maintenance staff, you’ll find that there is really very little that you ever do without help any more. Which is the polar opposite of a woman living alone in a detached house. Old habits die hard. But doing something yourself by yourself should become your last resort, not your first thought.
And just one per day. The list will get whittled down. There is no rush.
One final thought speaking as a former condo president:
Never, NEVER touch plumbing or electricity in a multi-person facility. That is the maintenance department’s bailiwick, not yours. You could have flooded out a dozen apartments and created $100K of damage fiddling with that valve. I bet you don’t have insurance for that. The building’s workers do.
Tests are 8-10 dollars in my neck of the woods, only one use. Finally negative! Super kn masking till weds., then will probably go to cloth for a bit.
I hope you have good Covid news soon.
Another vote for the above advice. I had a neighbour try to put up a picture in her bathroom. Took out half her electric. The building knows where things are and where it is safe. They are usually reasonably priced.
Sensible advce!
Me. too. I’m feeling exhausted today. Glad you’re finally negative.
DON’T DO THIS! If you try to turn that valve with a wrench and you break the line and cause a flood, you’re going to be liable for any damage. Even though I know how to install a bidet seat, I had the maintenance guy do it for me.
I’ll let the maintenance people do it.
I had no problem installing it in my house, but this is different. I understand.
A better way to think about it (positive thoughts all!) is that you’re now a person that has “people” to do that for you. Or even cook for you if you can’t be bothered. And if you need extra non-online entertainment, well, you’ve got a captive audience (and not the cats!).
Well, I just brought EC into the house for the last time. Ever. She doesn’t know it yet.
I hope I can sleep tonight, but I don’t have high hopes…
Home is where you and the cats are. Today it’s here; tomorrow it’s there, which by tomorrow will be the new “here”.
We all get attached to places, but it’s just an address. The new place has a lot going for it or else a wise person such as yourself would not have picked it.
Change is scary, but growth is good. It will be whichever of those two sides of the coin you choose to embrace.
Skritches for you and hugs for EC. No wait, I got that backwards. Or did I?
You’ve got this TL, we know you’re stressed, and tired, and upset, all of which are valid.
But you’ve done all the work to make this happen as smoothly as possible. And quoting a very respectable highlight of this board:
Which seems like good advice from someone with a good head on their shoulders! 
Being sensible is often it’s own reward, and you’ve making lemonade when life gave you lemons. This would have only been harder later on.
Small comfort right now, but in 2-3 months you and the cats will be comfy and settled in, and that’s when you reap the rewards of the hard work and upset NOW.
In the meantime, hugs for both you and the cats!
Thanks. I know it’s the right and logical thing to do. My head is sure-- it’s my heart and guts that aren’t entirely on board yet. That will come. It has to.
@LSLGuy EC and I both like skritches.
More later…