However, there are times when a tub bath is the perfect medicine for a ragged soul. Just the luxury of lying there in warm water, letting you spirit relax.
So I found myself on a mission to get a tub in my bathroom. But I didn’t want to go to all the trouble of having to get a permit to install one. To find a solution, I headed down to a Home Depot-like store here to see what they had.
There was nothing suitable in their bath department. Everything there would have required a plumber and a lot of headaches.
So I decided to see what might be available in the garden center. Indeed, I saw several large pails and buckets that might do, but they were all just a bit small.
Then my eyes fell on a large, solid, plastic pail that is supposed to be used as a water reservoir in fountain installation. It is round, a little more than a yard wide and 20 inches deep. It was big enough for me to crouch down in and also to lie down in.
I immediately bought the thing, brought in home on the bus (lots of concerned stares), set it up, and filled it with hot water and a sudsy bath soap. It proved to be perfect: deep enough to soak in!
Here are a few pictures of the water wonder:
