Still peeing on the driveway.

Remember the sink? Remember how it was free and not made of fiberglass and had nice lines and tons of character? Remember how we left it on the landing by the back stairs. Remember how we're really stupid and put things like our awesome sink right in the middle of a high traffic area by the back door where people are going in and out all day?

If I were you I wouldn't do that.

I left it in the basement for a day because the sight of it, all crumbled to bits, made me physically ill. I couldn't even get a frozen pizza out of the basement freezer for dinner because I couldn't be confronted with the sink.

Then, once I'd numbed myself to the pain of the broken sink, I went into the basement. While trying to ignore the pile of porcelain on my basement floor, I rammed the top of my toe into a shard of the porcelain.

It didn't hurt very badly, until I got upstairs and noticed a long line of blood following me.

Two days later and it still hurts like a motherfucker and keeps bleeding.

My regular Y is closed so I'm driving even further to shower in the morning and I've completely given up on the luxury of using an actual toilet which flushes for, you know, number two.

It's been six days and we don't even have all the tile down yet. Logan goes back to work tomorrow and it looks like it will be at least Saturday before I have a toilet and a shower of my own.

But still, at least there's been progress.

Comments

[CursingMama]

oh - so very sorry to see that happen to a nice sink. Hope there's a chance of finding something just as nice, if not better...maybe at a recycle place. (of course I've never found anything decent at the recycle place and always end up at HomeDepot buying something that looks like old and classy- sorta)

[Mrs Ca]

I hope your toe feels better soon! That all sounds like something I would do - both the breaking of the sink and the subsequent cutting of the toe. I hope it all gets done soon so you can "conduct business" indoors once again.

[m.]

Hang in there, Melissa -- I bet they edit out all the toe-stubbing on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," so don't feel bad. Perhaps an architectural salvage joint would have a nice replacement?

[Ms Sisyphus]

Oh, I'm so sorry about your beautiful sink. y heart broke a little bit for you when I saw that picture.

[Account Deleted]

I said holy sh*t outloud when I saw that, and felt a pang of pain in my stomach, man that sucks so bad...true a replacement can be found, but for $$$. so sorry this happened.

[inasense]

that is the saddest thing I've seen all day.

Really. And i've heard some sad things today...

but that broken sink takes the cake.

I'm so sorry.

And... I know this is completely unsolicited advice... but there has got to be SOME sort of exercise you would enjoy. there is really no point in trying to force yourself to do something you hate.

Like... dance classes.
or a soccer team.
or signing up for one of those team in training things where you have a big goal to acheive for a cause that means a ton to you.. like the broken sinks charity fund.

I would probably end up driving an hour for a shower too if it meant I had to get on a treadmill.

[Lassa]

I'm sorry about the sink. That totally sucks.

But holy hell the glass blocks look incredible. Just a few more days...

[Melissa Summers]

Oh Jees! I really really don't like unsolicited advice.

If there was a form of exercise I'd probably have found it by now.

Dance class. Ha! Soccer team. Double Ha!

I appreciate you trying but I'm a pretty smart girl, if there was a type of exercise I liked, I think I could find it. If I wanted help finding it I'd be sure to label my request clearly. I promise I'll never be annoyed with you internet for not giving me advice.

[PK]

sigh. As we like to say around here:
"Sad day, friend. Saaaaad day."

[Missy]

So I take it that you are not interested in - saaaaay - elk hunting? How about curling? Uh, how about that sport where they toss the giant log through the air?

Seriously, though, sorry about the sink. That is a total bummer.

[jgsearls]

Oh no!!! Not the sink!! Sigh...RIP lovely free, not fiberglass sink.

However. The bathroom --- rowwwrrrr <--- make that growling, tiger noise there k? --- it's going to look fantastic. And the glass block - embrace it. Love it. BE the glass block. It'll be fantastic and the bathroom is going to be wonderful when you're done.

And lawd...if you find an exercise you like PLEASE...I beg of you...to blog about it. 'Coz I get up every morning and make love to my treadmill and my ass still jiggles like a giant bowl of Jell-O which doesn't seem fair considering how much sweat I lavish on it. The treadmill, that is. Not my ass. Although that gets...oh never mind.

[CursingMama]

How did the comments get to assvice about exercise? And why do people care if you find one you "like"? Crap on a cracker - Here I was hoping to hear you found a worthy sink replacement.

[terrapin24h]

Melissa-
Sorry to hear anout the sink, that rots. However, take note in knowing that you are NOT alone. My wife and I had a similar problem when when redid our bathroom. We had the top on the vanity in the the hall to make sure fit and appearance was to our(Ahem, her) liking...She the took the top off the vanity, leaned it up against the wall near the door, and promptly sent it tumbling down the stairs towards our curiously stupified dog while helping me manipulate the vanity into the bathroom. Fortunately the dog has amazing reaction time and was half way to mexico before the vantity top hit the living room floor and corner wall, shattering into 3.21 BAJILLION pieces. Se la vi. Tile looks grade A. Logan is a good "tile guy". I'd expect as much from the "artsy-fartsy" type. Bastard can prob hang wall-paper too can't he? ;)

[Justbeachy]

First off... having to walk outside to pee is exercise. Driving across town to shower is exercise.. The sink, well that just sucks!

This whole post is not making me too happy either, my DH is ready to rip out our bathroom and start over...like in two weeks.. I was hoping to see inspiration before we started....BTW he's a plumber so if you lived near me I would get you a new old sink....:)

[inasense]

I hereby retract my unsolicited advice.

I am still bummed about your toilet

[FlippyO]

Curling would be awesome - rumor has it that Canadians use it as an excuse to drink copious amounts of beer. JenB may correct me if I am wrong.

Ugh, I did that to my toe once (well, substitute broken porcelain with entry step), and I feel for you.

I hope you get a toilet soon. I'm terrified of going, well you know, anywhere but home. At least you know that when you do get the important parts of your bathroom, it'll look really really nice and make it all worthwhile. I especially love the glass block. For some reason, I'm overly fond of glass block.