Showers of Success

Today started successfully with all of us getting up early to get Stephanie to the airport on time.  We were on the road by 8:00 a.m. so she would have plenty of time to make her 10:40 flight to Atlanta.  Rick always errs on the side of caution, and today that worked out well.  We had heavy but flowing traffic... until we got onto the Courtney Campbell Causeway.  Then traffic came to a complete halt, and we were no where near the Tampa end of the road.

Yesterday I had downloaded the Bay News 9 app on my iPhone, so I logged in and learned that an accident had closed down the right lane of the eastbound Causeway.  That information prompted us to get into the left lane immediately to avoid the inevitable bottleneck further up the road.  (Sometimes technology actually DOES come in handy!)  We inched our way across the Causeway, still getting to the airport in more than enough time for Stephanie's flight.  A text message a little while ago informed us that she had safely landed in Atlanta, but another just now confirmed that she was being shuffled from gate to gate for her final flight home.

Just as we pulled into a parking spot at the airport, we received a call from Largo Glass telling us that the installers were ahead of schedule, and could they stop by early to install our glass shower doors?  As much as we would have liked to say, "Yes!" we had to delay them until we could get home again.  Why when you want servicemen to come early, they don't, and when you need them to come on time, they are ahead of schedule?  Never fails.

Our new shower doors await the final installer
who needed to bring the correct door handle.

We arrived home and were able to contact the men from Largo Glass who still arrived before our noon appointment time.  They did a great job of installing the doors; however, Rick had to stop them as they were starting to install the handle.  They brought the wrong handle!  First the installer called Largo Glass, then Rick called Largo Glass, and finally I called Largo Glass to learn that they were sending out the right handle with a different service man since our original installers had to go on to their next job.

Success.  The door -- and thus the shower --
now is complete.

At long last, we now have a completed shower!  It stinks terribly right now due to the silicone they used to seal the door panel next to the wall, so I am glad that we installed the fan back in the fall when we first demoed the old shower stall.  We certainly need good exhaust ventilation in there today.

A question regarding the balance to our bill was resolved as we wanted, so our new shower is now complete and paid for.  This should have happened back in November, but at least it is finished now.  We will let the silicone dry thoroughly while we are gone and will be able to come back to a spacious, light-filled, usable shower.  Hooray!

One final good note is that since the shower issues all have been resolved, Rick's blood pressure has returned to normal.  Let's hope it stays that way as we face three days of driving north in the truck. Pray for light traffic and dry roads!