What Did I Want to Do Today?

Oh, I don’t know… go to work, come home and maybe relax? Catch up on laundry? Enjoy a fun Wednesday evening game night? Nope. Apparently, the universe had other plans. Because today’s agenda was: demo my bathroom, remediate mold, and go full HGTV emergency reno mode.

Let’s rewind.

About a month ago, my husband mentioned the water heater was leaking. We did the classic homeowner troubleshooting routine—squint at it, watch a YouTubevideo, poke around, shrug, and declare it “probably fine.” It wasn’t that much water, after all. What could possibly go wrong?

Fast forward to this morning. I turn on the shower, reach to move the showerhead, and the entire thing rips out of the wall. Now there’s still a little water coming out, but not enough. Which means that water is definitely going somewhere it shouldn’t.

Cue my internal scream.

I run downstairs, and there it is—water puddling near the water heater again, only this time it’s cascading down the wall like a sad little waterfall of regret. I knew it. This was the “leak” all along. The kind of moment where you just stare at it and think: Why. Why today.

So we do what any sane person does—we grab tools, tear down walls, and unleash drywall dust everywhere. Boom. Shower wall? Gone. Drywall? Everywhere. My sanity? Questionable.

But hey—demo is done, the mold is gone, supplies are purchased, and a shiny new shower is officially on order.

Huge shoutout to Mom and Dad for watching the kiddos and letting us invade their shower while ours currently looks like a crime scene from “CSI: Homeownership.” You’re the real MVPs.

Confidently winging it—powered by chaos and caffeine.