What were you working on your car at the time? I know that cussing makes the parts go together much easier.I think she heard about the worst yelling/cussing I've ever done in my entire life today...
Replacing the heater core... It seems the people that designed the MK3 Volkswagens decided that they should make it so the only way to get to the heater core should be to disassemble the entire interior of the car from the dash forward...
MK, VW's aren't bad, take a look at what it takes to put one in a type 44 Audi. Book is something like 6-8 hours....