Before I start I should say I do know this is a first world problem and I’m being ridiculous, but ...
We’ve been living in a building site now for 2 and a half years. It’s been a right old slog, including being ripped off by cowboy builders, nearly bankrupting ourselves and having just about everything possible go wrong.
Cut to now, and after 3 months of zero progress we’ve got one guy back on site (socially distanced!) and are finally getting to second fix and all the ‘nice’ bits, finishes, decorating etc.
We managed to get hold of some beautiful natural stone bathroom tiles at a bargain price on the basis we knew we’d have to hand sort them because of the massive colour variation. It took me AGES to sort it all and calculate where each one needed to go, and I knew we’d be left with three boxes of dark tiles.
I then, for some unknown reason, told the tiler to start with completely the wrong boxes (prob due to chronic insomnia as I’m squeezed between my ill parents and my struggling teenagers, so spend most of my nights worrying about various family members - I’m not so much of a princess that tiles are my biggest problem!).
By the time I realised, it was way too late to do anything about it. So I now have three boxes of beautiful, hand sorted white tiles left over, and a big ugly band of dark grey running right around what was supposed to be my gorgeous, pale, dream bathroom.
I know it’s idiotic but I can’t seem to let go of how sad and stupid it makes me feel every time I walk in there - like a bloody great metaphor for futility, all that wasted time and effort and money and I’ve ended up with the exact thing I absolutely didn’t want. I’m just afraid now to even think about all the million and one decisions I’ve got to make in the next few months and the potential for everything to end up being a bit shit no matter how hard I try. And after everything we’ve been through, this was supposed to be the fun, exciting bit!
I need to give my head a wobble, don’t I?
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Janicejaniceahmfallin · 17/06/2020 11:50
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