I know the feeling, I just had to replace my driver side bulb on my LHS. Turns out the idiot that owned the car before me did something to the bolts holding the drivers side headlight assembly in.

I couldn't get them out no matter how hard I tried, (for at least 30 min). I ended up taking bolt cutters to the headlight housing so I could reach my hand down to the socket. What a pain in the butt.
I miss taking a couple torx screws out, and being able to change bulbs really easy. Dang, I guess this is progress!!