Saturday, 8 June 2013

sharing a bathroom

5 years ago when I got my place at a grammar school I got the second ensuite bedroom. That was the deal, which we assumed, at the time, meant that my uber smart, genius older brother would get the room and I would get first pick of the remaining two bedrooms on the third (or second depending if you count the ground floor as the first floor) floor. However, my older brother managed to fail his 11+ exam so the three of us happily shared a bedroom for another year. When I say happily I mean that a lot of moaning and whining and bickering happened since most of our friends had their own room by the time they were 10 or 11. When I got my 11+ results, again I hadn't gotten into any of the grammar schools but by that point we were set to get our own rooms anyway. But then a few months later we got a letter saying that I had been allocated a reserve place at the school I now attend which meant that I got the ensuite bedroom. Though I was told that if my little brother got into a grammar school straight away he could get my room if he wanted, but I wasn't too worried since he's two years below me at school and not really very smart. I was right since he also failed the 11+ like my other brother so I kept my room and have been very happy to have my own bathroom why the boys share one upstairs.

I try to avoid that bathroom since two lazy boys + personal hygiene = disaster. That bathroom is disgusting and that's being nice. There's a really bad smell that lingers and can never be gotten rid of, no bin or laundry basket so dirty clothes and rubbish litter the floor. Oh and toothpaste spatters over the whole sink unit. I was quite successful and never had to enter that bathroom for a good four years. Then this year my shower decides to break. Repeatedly. And it can't even be my fault since it's electronic and I just push the button to turn it on and off and turn the dial for heat. My shower must've broken five times before they (the builder/electronic technician/fixer person (also a family friend so that's why I don't know what he does since he seems to fix anything we have an issue with) decides that maybe there's more permanent damage than the fuse and that whatever broke needs replacing. Only, it's been a good few months and nothing. Which meant that I had to shower either in my parents ensuite which I happily did until it started leaking in the kitchen, or in the disgustingness that is the boys bathroom. So now I'm stuck showering in a bathtub that was never intended for upright showering since the shower head holdery thing is below waist level and we had to install the shower curtain and rail/rod (which is now covered in unknown orangey stuff). I actually hate that shower, it's so hard to get a good water temperature and I keep forgetting which direction the hot and cold taps need to be turned. And the hot tap goes really really really hot. I once accidentally completely turned off the cold tap and turned the hot tap to the hottest it would go and literally had to jump out of the bathtub so that I wouldn't burn myself it was that hot. And my last issue with this bathroom situation has recently arisen. There is a large clump of hair trapped in the drain filter and everyone refuses to clean it out, which means we all just shower with the large clump of hair trapped there. I don't think that needs elaborating.

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