😂My Life's Journey - Bathroom Renovations Funny Stories Part 2 - Let Me Do This😂

Hi there my amazing Steemaian friends. I hope you all are having an amazing day and a great start to your week. As I am getting close to the final reveal for the bathroom renovations my father and I completed I still have one more "funny" story to share with you guys. Well, basically, like the last story it is funny now, but it was not as funny when it was all happening. If you have read the last "funny" story I wrote about you would know what I mean? I am laughing about it now, but when it was all happening no so much. Yeah, not so much at all.

Well, here is what happened. When you are placing the new tiles down there is a specific way to do so. And, there is a specific way why certain things have to be done this way. You really want to follow this protocol or you might get in trouble down the road. One important protocol you need to follow is to listen to more experienced people when it comes to laying down the tiles. They have a specific way of doing things for a reason.

One of the specific rules when placing new tiles is you need to place the tiles going up to the side of the wall first. Every single professional I talked to said the same to me. Do the sides first, and then lay down the bottom ones. That is just a standard way of doing it for a reason. Later I will explain to you why this is important?

Well, my father's plan was to ignore the professionals and just go ahead and put the bottom tiles first. Again, like in the last story, I got the TRUST ME SON speech, and AGAIN I budged and let my dad go ahead with his plan. But, at that time I did not know my father had a "smelly" alternative motive why he wanted to put the bottom tiles first. It was not until I saw this face I realized what his alternative motive was? I think you will realize soon what it was?

I think his face explained to you what his alternative motive was for placing the bottom tiles first? He wanted to put back his throne as soon as possible. He was tired of going to the Caffe Bar to the bathroom in the morning. lol He wanted his THRONE back and there was no point of arguing there. And, honestly, I don't blame him at all. Going to the Caffe Bar every time you need to get the bathroom was a drag to say at least.

Now you can see in the picture we were already putting the top tiles as well. I want to pay attention to the back wall and the right side where there were two tiles missing. Soon I was about to find out why you should never put the bottom tiles first? So let me tell you why?

As you can recall from the last funny story I told you on how my dad only used pointers on the half of the wall while putting the new lair of cement on the wall. Well, as you saw in the picture we are about halfway where the wall started to "run away" from me and I had to use a lot of tile glue to make it all even and in level. So what did that mean?

Well, our tiles were heavy and big, to begin with, but with all the glue on them, they were even heavier. And, honestly, it took some strength to pick them up and glue to the wall. Even for me. Now for some reason, my father wanted to place one even though I told him with all the glue on them they are heavy. But, he gave me the "you think I can't do it" speech combined with "let me show you" speech and from there I watched everything in slow motion. I kid you not guys. In slowest motion ever.

He picked up the tile, started lifting it up, and right before he was going to place it he dropped it. I honestly watched that tile fall for 10 sec even though it was 1 meter away from the floor. I mean it could off not been slower than it was. I watched it falling on the tiles below and breaking two of them. I can still hear the cracking sound in my head even today. lol

I honestly, stormed out of the house, I was mad to say at least. My father realized what happened and just got real quiet. He knew he made a mistake and I was rightfully angry. So I went outside to blow off some steam. Came back 10 minutes later and had to dig out two broken tiles with a drill and place the new ones instead. To be honest, I did not talk to him for the rest of the day. lol

So, my amazing Steemain friends, the first lesson is to not put the bottom the tiles first of course. I am honestly laughing about his now, but when it happened, I was not a happy camper. We worked so hard on finishing this bathroom and this meant we had to take 3 steps back. But, now when I look at it my friends it honestly describes what life is really? I mean isn't this what life is really like as well? Sometimes you will have to take STEPS BACK in order to reach your goal. Some "tiles" will get broken, you will get mad, frustrated, but if you keep pushing sooner or later you will reach your goal. So my message to you my friends is to never quit and of course to ALWAYS put the top tiles first....lool