SHOWER DOORS

I know, doesn’t sound like a real catchy title for a blog post, but shower doors are what have really been on my mind lately.

For the past several years for every occasion that I could be getting a gift from my parents (birthday and Christmas typically) I have been asking my dad for new shower doors and installation. It may seem like a silly gift to ask for to some, but nonetheless practical and something that I, with all my heart, desire. While I realize that shower doors are not an absolute necessity, (one could make it through life without them) good ones sure do make life easier. They require a little maintenance and a little scrubbing from time to time, but they save you time by keeping the water in the shower so you aren’t cleaning it up off the floor everyday. Plus they don’t have those horrible plastic shower curtain hangers that never work right that cut your hands or break while you are trying to put them on, you don’t need to buy an extra shower curtain rod that inevitably never hangs straight, and if well maintained, they don’t get mold all over them like a shower curtain that you have to keep replacing, thus saving you money in the long run as well.

Having broken shower doors is not any better than a shower curtain either. They take time to try to keep them on the tracks, often not closing properly thus getting water all over the floor. Again, taking more time to clean up the mess and not to mention making more laundry to do, therefore wasting more time, more water and more money. In addition, if the hardware is broken on them you can cut yourself on a regular basis causing unnecessary pain and suffering, as well as time and money buying stock in band-aid bandages.

So you may be asking, “Why have I been asking for them for so many years now?” Well, because my father said he would give me shower doors and install them... and because he said it I believe him.

Despite my dad saying he will give me new shower doors and installation, I still have broken shower doors with an uneven shower curtain hanging in front of them. I am still mopping up water and buying entirely too many band-aids. And not a day goes by that I don’t long for my new shower doors. Side note: In case you are wondering why I don’t just do it myself it is because I have tried putting in shower doors once before and ended up basically collapsing the entire shower around me (I am not kidding about that) so I know better than to try to do it myself. I really do try to learn from my past mistakes as much as possible.

So here I am with another Christmas gone by and another birthday on the horizon... I must admit, I do get a little weary of waiting sometimes. I’m thinking I may need to start putting my request out there a little more frequently. There are a few holidays coming up. Maybe we could do gifts for Presidents’ Day and oh yes, Valentine’s Day is coming up, and Pulaski Day, and St. Patrick’s Day, and Easter and.............

And by the way... this post is not only about shower doors in case I was a little too cryptic in my analogy.