Shower Wow

So, the long awaited day finally arrived.  I mentally fussed and fretted if the guys would actually show up to do the work.  But...sure enough, within the specified time frame, there they were! 

They set to work and 7 hours later, the shower looks new.  Yes, it does look new.  All the grout has been cleaned (and even a bit replaced), sealed and it'll be a long three days for it to dry/cure before we can shower in there again.  Can hardly wait.

It's like new!!

But, oops, there's a complication (isn't there always?).  The only other shower we have access to is un-useable. Yup, the one that the plumber was supposed to fix the diverter on?  Well, now it leaks through the wall joint (and I'm quite anxious about water leaking behind the shower wall) and they won't be out to fix it until Tuesday.  the same day we'll finally be able to use our own shower again. 

I did a trial run of shower/bathing in the jetted tub (that we almost never use and regret having been talked into - it was really pretty much "required" back when the house was built) this morning.  Awkward almost but not quite sums it up.  I'm not a bath person and that tub is way too big to be filling very often, especially here in a desert that's currently in a drought.  It's a huge luxury to have that tub and it'll be great to use for the next three mornings.  It'll feel even more fabulous to be back in our own shower come Tuesday.  Soft water, fresh grout - couldn't ask for more.

And I've been thinking about the future of this blog.  There was apparently some kind of need for me to put my thoughts out there and hope that somewhere - someone - might feel the same about a few things.  I've liked that I didn't have to interact with people about what I'm thinking, even liked the thought that perhaps, just maybe, somewhere across the world a person might stumble across this blog and find something of interest. I've made it private a few times  - and that was hard for me, but necessary at the time for some space.   It's been an important part of my life for the last 11 years.

And I've gone back and forth, trying to chronicle my thoughts/ life with pen and paper and I just can't do it.  It always sounds so trite and silly and uninteresting when I'm physically writing.  For some reason, I make better sense with the QWIRTY.  So I'm almost of a mind to go online journaling.  I've looked at some of the apps.  I'm not interested in spending money and want to still be able to use multiple pictures.  I've some time, maybe just until the end of the month.  By then I'll hopefully have it figured out.  I'm not ready to completely quit my stream-of-consciousness recording.  This is proof that I've lived and accomplished a very few things. 

I'm so, so, so happy with the shower and so grateful that it's done and looks great. I'm so grateful that our funds have stretched far enough to do it and a few of the other things around here that need doing.  And I'm grateful again today to have read something that uplifted me.  Small Moments of Happiness