ahhhh, that's *so* much better
oh I didn't tell y'all about the icing on the cake:
I was told to not let my incisions get too wet for 4 weeks after surgery, so I'd had to just wash at the gd sink for the last month, yesterday was the first time I was allowed a proper bath
and the bath broke!
man
faucet: repaired
main shutoff valve: was seized up (hence the furnace shenanigans), now also repaired
plumber: very friendly & professional (also a bit of a twunk ngl)
bath: running, rich with bubbles
we are, as they say, so back