It's been wonderful to have a few days without workmen invading the house. The bathroom isn't entirely complete. A panel in the ceiling has to be replaced as it's creamier than the rest, which is brilliant white. The new door has still to go on the airing cupboard. We've yet to get all the accessories we will need. The Occupational Therapist has yet to visit, so I'm still having to manage without a shower, though the Fox did bring in one of the plastic garden chairs for me to try using.
Yesterday we splashed out on a free-standing shelving system for all the various bottles & things that usually inhabit the bathroom. We're pleased by how it looks. We're now trying to decide if we really need a loo roll holder or whether to just leave the roll on the shelf as the latter is right next to the toilet anyhow. Apart from that the only other essentials are a towel rail (or two), a soap dish & a glass holder. We may get something to hold shampoo bottles etc in the shower itself. Slowly, slowly, it's all coming together.
At least for now, there is this spell of quiet, a time to recover from the holiday & my bad health news. And I, for one, am feeling better for the break. I'm beginning to feel like things are getting back to some semblance of normality.
We have already concluded another holiday will be called for. Our trip to Cyprus was not exactly a holiday, more of an escape from the stress of the new bathroom. We had hoped to go back to the villa we stayed in last year in Provence, but we see from the website that that is already booked up for September which is the sort of time we are contemplating. Still there's plenty of time between now & then to find something. Meanwhile we have a weekend in Stoke to look forward to.
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