Everything we try to do is complicated by all sorts of factors. Take the backdoor project. It started about one year ago and has so far included the following:
- organising an occupational therapist visit to assess the back door and toilet for wheelchair accessibility;
- getting a builder in to do a quote;
- sending the OT report and quote to the funding agency;
- pestering the funding agency for 6 months;
- funding agency announces they can no longer provide funds for children under 18;
- making phone calls to see if anyone else can fund the project - which they can't;
- getting back to original funding agency to say we have no alternatives;
- funding finally approved and builder contacted;
- builder arranges to begin project - does one week's work;
- builder away;
- builder returns and cuts a hole in the lounge room wall;
- new glass door SHATTERS! Need to get replacement door and fit it before nightfall;
- hoist motor - which was working perfectly one year ago when the whole saga began - is no longer working;
- builder disappears with hoist and desperately tries to get someone to fix motor;
And that's where we are at today. At least we do have a door and landing, but I am wondering what can possibly go wrong when the builder begins to work on the toilet!!! Visions of broken pipes and sewerage are beginning to haunt me already.
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