Ah, the joys of home ownership. Bleah!

[primsong]

So over the last three years the caulking seal got a bit wobbly around the edges of the surround in one of the showers (weirdly, this house as three, which seems like way too many for normal life, until you have three people who all want a shower and then you say Yay until you remember the water heater will only shower two with any warmth and by the time you remember that you have at least one guest shivering in a tepid shower somewhere and are trying to chase a family member out of their shower so the guest won't freeze and...anyway...).  It's been on the 'to do' list for a couple years and finally bubbled to the top long enough for a closer look.

SO. Now the surround has all been pried off and toted outside and we have these horrible looking walls of old yellow glue, torn paper off the concrete board and MILDEW.  Oh delightful!  Ah, lots and lots of nice, black mildew that was quietly building an entire Mildewopolis in the darkness, plotting to come take over the house someday.  The mildew taxis were full of fleeing wealthy mildewites as the Rain of Death began spritzing over the blackened rooftops... The house now smells of bleach, the mildew city is slated for the continued death and destruction of all inhabitants and now I have to go shopping for a new surround.  Really, really hope we don't have to rip out the entire tub over this, but you know how home ownership is... aaaackkk.

Wishing I had more time online that wasn't either working on my etsy shop or working on the church newsletter - I feel as if I'm really missing out on all kinds of interesting stuff going on in my flister's lives, like the party is over there, next door, and I haven't time to come hang out in the back yard with my little plastic cup of soda too.  Hope your summers (and bathroom mildew headcounts) are going in the right direction.

Comments

[justice_turtle]

A very wise boy I know once said to me (while I was under his family's kitchen sink fixing the drain):

"Inside every tiny problem you find a small problem. Inside the small problem you find a medium-sized problem. Inside the medium problem you find a large problem, and inside that you find a giant unfixable problem."

*best wishes* ;P

(...I am a total cynic about home repair, sorry? I hope things do go well for you. :P)

[primsong]

That is SOOO true! It happens with every cotton pickin' thing that goes wrong with whatever breaks, especially on the house or car. Haha!

[senmut]

As someone who has had a contractor living here the last week to get the apartment ready for occupancy...I empathize. This house is not MINE but it is in my GF's family, so I feel responsible toward caring for it.