it really is that bad

that's right. we at mcdonald's for dinner tonight. that's about the size of it around here.

our bathroom is trying to kill us

recent highlights:

• snow storm & snow day spent working on the house together
  
• meeting our neighbors while shoveling the walks
• kindness of strangers in the snow
  
• a christmas card from some of our neighbors (& it was really cute too)
• reassurance that we kinda know what we're doing. after 24 hours of panic about out-of-plumb-ness of our bathtub walls & the impending horrible tile job, we realize we were crazy yesterday & all is well.
  
• helpful advice from someone at work
• our house no longer smells like mold & nastiness
• finding a door in the attic. our bathroom will have some actual privacy!
• katie's back in b'more!
• gin & tonic before bed.
• cuddling up in our cold bed. (we did finally close the window but it's still insanely cold in here.)
  

low lights:

• hauling debris = expensive
• trips to home depot = expensive
• plumbing leak due to my interest in recycling/reusing our copper pipes = probably expensive
  
• the 24 hour period when we thought we had to tear down the bathtub walls & start over
• writing a crap ton of recommendations for folks i've supervised.
  
• writing a recommendation for myself for something my boss was too busy to take care of.
• our apartment. after a hard night's work, we took showers when we got home - as usual. i'd just lathered up when someone else (or multiple folks) decided to use the water. the shower went dry. no water. can't wait to leave here!