My bathroom

[vaneramos]

Finally, after waiting for two years, it looks like I'll be getting my bathroom renovated. Ceramic tiles have been falling off the walls of the shower and water has been leaking through the floor into the bathroom of the store downstairs. This week Joanne, who works there, noticed water leaking around the drainpipe of my toilet.

When she called the owner, he said he didn't realize there was a problem. Actually, he has conveniently forgotten.

Joanne says the best tactic is to get workmen in, give him a quote and get the work done, then he'll pay for it. So this morning two plumbers came and stood in my bathroom with grim expressions.

They need to do the job soon, and it's going to take a week. They said they would try to replace the toilet as quickly as possible, but it will take a day or two. I won't have a shower for most of the time. So it looks like have to clear out for a few days. I'll figure out when I can do it and let the landlord know. By then they will have a price for him.

Meanwhile my shower is taped up with plastic. Downstairs, they had to set up supports under the floor around my toilet. They asked me to be careful.

Comments

[ghostsandrobots.livejournal.com]

Pee very, very gently.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

For now, I'll have to stop those rowdy bathroom parties.

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

Damn.

[artricia.livejournal.com]

I was going to ask -- how on earth are you supposed to be careful? Weigh less when you go into the bathroom? That only happens when you *leave*.

I had a similar situation with a bathtub in an old apartment. My husband would get so nervous when I took a bath that it just wasn't worth the stress.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes, the more I think about it, the more I wonder how I'm supposed to be careful. No jumping up and down on my way to the toilet in the morning, I suppose.

glad they are going to do something about the bathroom

[djjo.livejournal.com]

Hm... maybe you could pee through a hose into the toilet. That way you don't have to go in there. And use a stick to flush.

If you need a place to crash for a while, you know there's always room up on Delaware for you.

Hugs love! Danny

Re: glad they are going to do something about the bathroom

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I'll have to pee quickly so I don't get caught in the hall.

Yeah, I was thinking of going down to your place for a few days around Victoria Day weekend, or if that doesn't work for them, a weekend in June.

xoxo

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

I love how we're talking about you peeing and then I go to comment and your blog says "add a stream." But I think I won't (add a stream, that is), because if they warn little old pocket-bear-stud YOU to be careful in that bathroom, imagine what it would be like to have 235-pound me in there.

That space can use the work. Glad it will be getting it. I can't wait to visit and try out the new shower!

Am I misremembering, or do they need to provide you a better curtain rod and nice curtains so one's ass isn't always on display for the people in the used car lot next door? Or have you already dealt with that? ;-)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I noticed the stream thing before anyone mentioned it and got a chuckle out of it. Funny we're on the same wavelength. Or dribble.

The curtain that was there when I moved in was disgusting, so I took it down. I didn't care or worry about the window for myself, and for several years nobody else came here. Lately it's been on my mind to make a new one. Especially since I've been dabbling with textiles. I'll see what the new bathroom looks like, and then....

I would love to have you back here anytime at all.

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

ok so this one time

at band camp

seriously tho at a room mates Mike and I were uh, goofin and somehow I ended up at the wrong angle which led to the terlet seat being broken. So I guess no adventurous sex in the can?!

hope it gets fixed soon.

be well

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Hehe, yeah I told Danny to come up the week after so we can break in the new bathroom.

He is going to knitting camp in Minnesota or somewhere this summer. Whenever he mentions it I can't help thinking of the line from that movie. It fits well because he is so innocent, and not.

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

that is funny
knitting camp in minnesota, for how long?!


breaking in is fun to do!

be well
Van

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

Reminder that you have two days scheduled for London at the end of the month which could easily be extended. Or you could combine it with time in Toronto either before or after. Just sayin'.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I should have thought of that. Oh well. I have already scheduled the work to be done between June 2 and 7, planning to go to Toronto, and forgetting that Danny would be in London for most of that period. Not that I can't keep myself busy.