the shower door/wall came for a visit...
it didn't stay long because...
it wasn't measured correctly...OR...
they brought the wrong pieces of glass...
they had forgot the frame & had to go back & get that...
they didn't have all the pieces of glass anyway...
and would have had to return to finish this week any way...
so why get upset ? it just wasn't meant to happen that day...
I figured that I could still use the shower...
if I didn't turn the water all the way on...
so I was OK with waiting...
so Friday night, I took a wimpy shower...
not a lovely hot steamy, surround yourself in warmth one...
but it got me clean...
then...
last night, I tried to take another shower...
now, on the hot side it barely trickles...
before, it got "warm" and had enough pressure to use...
now, there is basically NO hot water...
lots of cold, but the faucet turns backwards...
and in trying to turn it off/down...
the handle comes off...
we knew about this and G had planned to adjust....
or otherwise get to the root of the problem...
we both hoped it would just be sand in the line...
but it's obviously more than that...
he's never seen a faucet handle that goes on backwards...
and unscrews itself, just operating the faucet...
[American Standard... never again...]
the irony is that I can hook up my plant watering hose...
which has a sprayer, to the sink [with a blend of hot/cold]...
and use it as a hand-held shower...
that is when I have a hand to hold it...
[it has to be squeezed to spray...]
but I'll figure something out...
G & I both hope that that shower valve/handles aren't so defective...
that it would mean taking out part of the newly finished wall...
at least I have a few big white tiles left...
and they installed the lines properly...
so at least we know where they are...
we both just want it to work...
and I know that G will do what it takes to make it work...
to make all of this more"interesting"...
I went off vicodin last night...
I had to...it was making me dizzy & goofy[-ier, if you must...]
I switched to Excedrin B & B... and so far, so good...
it aches & stings a bit... but no throbbing yet...
and I won't miss all the other side effects...
it was time... I'm still a bit dizzy and my ears are still ringing...
let's hope I don't have to "de-tox" from it....
2 comments:
Oh, I'm so sorry everything is such a trial. At least the hand pain has subsided somewhat. Vicodin and other strong painkillers are wicked stuff. If they don't make you so loopy you can't function, they make you depressed (at least, they do to me) and then coming off them you get sick as a dog. Hang tough, it will work out.
...so far so good...the Excedrin seems to work well enough...
just spoke with G, the contractor...who hadn't heard from the glass guys about that screw-up...[no surprise...]
he's working out of town 'till Thursday, when he'll try to fix the shower faucet problem...
until then...
it's bird bath time... unless I can get the plant hose hooked-up...
getting mad solves nothing...
so I've given it over to God to deal with...
I guess I have a bit of vicodin buzzz left over...
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