Deep Breaths

This is the portion of the renovation, and it happens every time, that I become crestfallen and discouraged.  Yesterday, in a fit of anticipatory giddiness, I jumped on the 14A bus and headed to Horatio to see the bathroom hooked up. The bus drops me off right in front of Myers of Keswick and I was going to celebrate having a new bathroom by treating myself to some Maynard's Wine Gums (any friends who find themselves at Heathrow with a couple quid to get rid of and a little room in your bag, I'm placing my wine gum order with you now). When I came into the apartment and peeked in the bathroom, this is what I saw:

To refresh your memory, two weeks ago it was like this:

So I ask as calmly as I can, "Why is the shower floor ripped up?" which in Spanish becomes abbreviated to "Porqué?" In a combination of hand signals and mime, the tiler has explained that they need to increase the slope of the floor because when they hooked up the shower panel and turned it on, the water did not flow to the drain well enough. Well, no question about that, it has to be fixed and done right. Tick, tick, tick.
I'm living with a dear friend and her soon to be six year old daughter. I've been here since September and it's been great to be part of their family and in the East Village but it's time to go. A live-in nanny is arriving soon and, while I'll still be here for a week or so, it's time to move it along. Of course, this is when little stuff starts to go wrong. The kitchen faucet I bought doesn't quite fit, the vanity has to be sawed open in the back because the piping is in an unusual place. And, of course, the bathroom floor has to be redone before they can put it back together.
The kitchen backsplash got retiled:

The light fixtures got hung. I took a quick photo of the Miconos light but it doesn't do it justice.
Did I mention I was crestfallen at the time?

I did not purchase any Wine Gums when I left the apartment yesterday. But I'm not going to complain.

I try and breathe deeply and keep these images in my head.
This is what I had when I purchased the apartment on December 17th:

And in just another week, I'll be able to take a shower in this:

Next few days: the brick get reglazed and treated so that it doesn't look so perfect and the motorized James Bond shades get installed. Onward.