Exciting updates, plant sitting and 50 Shades of Grey

Still no shower. I feel like I should get a girl scout badge for roughing it. It's tough dragging my barely awake ass down the street to use Melissa's shower.

Melissa - just so you know, I watered your plant John F. Plantington today. Also, just so you know, I named your plant John F. Plantington. The F stands for Fern but then I realized that's silly because John is not a fern but then I was too tired to think of anything else.

So I watered myself and Mr. Plantington. I'm really hoping my shower is functioning today. My bathroom was painted yesterday which is great and all but I think having a shower matters a bit more than fresh paint.

I'm currently reading 50 Shades of Grey and plan on doing a post about it when I'm done. It's slow going because I don't want to read this book out in public. Not because it's pretty much porn but because the writing is so bad I don't want people judging me. Maybe I should wear a shirt that says "I read Jane Austen too!" then on the back it would say "but I also read Twilight....."

My ex-boyfriend from 7 years ago sent me a message on OKCupid and I think we are meeting up for drinks. Why not? It will be fun to catch up.

I'm sure you're sick of hearing about my bathroom but I'm sick of not having a shower

My bathroom is a shit show. That is the best way to describe it.

I came home last night expecting to have a shower installed only to find one of the workers still in my bathroom with a a broken pipe. I shouldn't have been surprised because the pipes are so old they'd probably crack if you blew on them.

Of course when I get home I have to pee really bad. Guy tells me that he has to go to Home Depot because the fixtures he has aren't fitting the pipe. The water is shut off in the whole building and I have a full bladder. I decided the easiest thing to do would be to waddle over to Melissa's house and use her bathroom (thank you Melissa).

Back at the shit show bathroom - guy comes back with correct fixture but when he goes to turn the water back on in the basement another pipe breaks. Of course, I mean why not? At this point he calls an emergency plumber. Ok we're going to get this fixed right? Emergency plumber can't get here until 10 p.m. In the mean time my neighbors are knocking on my door asking what's going on with the water. Luckily handy man guy does the explaining.

I am so tired. I've been waking up early when the guys get here and I was dead at work and all I wanted was to go home and relax and get to bed early. Instead I have an emergency plumber in my bathroom at 11 o'clock at night.

Around 11:45 I was told that they would not be able to turn the water back on because whoever lives in Apt. 9 left a faucet on and if they turned the water on without this person being home and a faucet on, the place could flood. So this means the whole building would have no water for the night.

I'm sorry but I need a functioning toilet! So I texted Melissa to let her know I was crashing at her place, packed up a few things and slept there. I have no idea what everyone else in my building did and the water is still off.

Please can I get some sleep tonight and possibly a functioning bathroom? That would be fabulous, to live like a modern human again.

I should mention that I kind of feel bad for handy man guy. Working with such old plumbing has to be a nightmare and I'm sure he didn't want to be here so late just like I wanted to be able to pee freely.

Here's my bathroom. There's also a giant hole in the floor where you can see right into the basement.

The great peanut butter mystery

I came home yesterday to my bathroom completely torn apart, which was expected. They had to rip out the old tub, shower, sink and one wall. What was not expected was the use of my peanut butter. I found a jar of peanut butter on my counter open with what looked like finger imprints in it.

The logical conclusion is that someone was hungry and ate my peanut butter. I'm ruling out the cats since they have no fingers and do not like peanut butter. That leaves the contractors. I don't even know what to say because it's so weird. Who just uses someone else's peanut butter? I'm too much of a wuss to ask. I threw it out because I'm not eating finger tainted peanut butter.

Today I have put a bag of pistachios where the peanut butter was left yesterday. I'm conducting a nut experiment to see if they get eaten.

I'm getting a new bathroom

Good morning! I'm currently waiting for a contractor to come to my apartment to start work on my new bathroom. I took a shower last night and woke up early so I'd be done with the bathroom by 7. Of course the contractor is not here yet. Normally I'd be just getting in the shower now.

There's a bad leak under my tub. It's a mini waterfall in the basement whenever I take a shower. My landlord just decided to replace the whole tub and shower as well as my sink. I'm pretty excited. I'm pretty sure my bathroom has not been redone since the 1800s. It is old. I'll miss my giant old tub but it will be nice to have a new tub that doesn't still look dirty after I clean it. This project is suppose to take 2-3 days but I'm just going to assume 4-5 days. I'm going to Melissa's after work to shower. I appreciate my friends not wanting me to be dirty and lending me their shower.

I'm going into work early because I don't know what to do with myself. I'll probably wander around the mall (my office building is attached to a mall) and find a bench and read.

Speaking of reading, I'm going to read Fifty Shades of Grey. Everyone is talking about it and I want to know what all the fuss is about. I heard that it was originally a Twilight fanfic? Or maybe it's just the the writer use to write fanfic? Something like that.

Stay tuned for bathroom and book updates.

UPDATE: Two contractors are here. One is cute. High five! Also, was told that the pipes that are exposed will now be in the wall. 2-3 days, I don't think that's going to happen.