Showers & Wellness

I mentioned in a comment reply to my previous post that we were having problems with the plumbing in the new shower and the first shower was a bit disappointing. Well, I think that it was all due to user error! The problem with having a cool shower is that it's complicated, plus it's been so long since we actually picked out these things (last summer) that we couldn't remember how they worked. It ends up that the shower heads on the wall and the handheld are 3 way (spray, rain and massage) which made sense, but the problem was there didn't seem an obvious way to change from one spray to the other (and I'm usually pretty good at these kinds of things). I was showing off the new bathroom to the Head of Z.'s school (he was taking me out to lunch, such a sweet man) and mentioned the plumbing issue. This provoked the scientist in him and he asked to take a look. Sure enough, he quickly figured out how it worked, it involved grabbing hold of the little ball things on the head and turning. I had actually tried this, but hadn't turned them hard enough to get them to move. So this morning I was able to take a great shower, trying all the various things (rainshower, body sprays, handheld- including the massage spray, wall shower) at different times (they work better if you use one at a time, but you can use as many at one time as you want). It was glorious :-))))))!!

I got word yesterday that the kid's, parents and cancer workshop this weekend has been cancelled, not enough families RSVP'd unfortunately. The good news is that means that I can go to the Mind-Body Approaches to Wellness Workshop at the Wellness Community instead. I had really wanted to go to that but felt the family day was important for Z. I think they're hoping to have one in the next few months so we'll just wait and go then.

Lastly, I want to flood the heavens with good thoughts and prayers for a cyber friend of mine with 3 young kids who is going through a very difficult time right now with terrible pain from growing tumors. R., I wish you as much strength and wellness as you are able.