Shower Fiasco

So picture this...naked, hair dye five minutes overdue on my hair, and while adjusting the temp of the shower to rinse out my hair, the faucet comes off in my hand and two streams of water (one very hot and one very cold) start shooting across the tub at me. I grab the faucet that is sitting on the floor of the tub and try to screw it back into place, but no luck. So I jump out, wet body and all, put on robe, run down to the basement and turn off the water to the house. I go back up stairs and try to screw the faucet back on, figuring that if I can just get the water in the "off" position, I can turn back on the house water and at least rinse my hair out in the sink. I still can't get the faucet on...

I get on the phone with my sis, as I am picturing my hair frying at the scalp (since I had only put the color on my roots). I venture back downstairs just to see if there is another option for turning off the water, and I find one. There are shut offs for both cold and hot water to just the bathtub...whew!! So I manage to shut off the water to the tub itself and am able to turn the water to the house back on. I rush back up stairs and rinse my hair out in the kitchen sink. I put on the conditioner and then get back at trying to see what the problem with the faucet is. Since I didn't really see how it came apart when it did, I wasn't sure how to put it back together. I got on the phone with the landlord and he agreed to come out the next morning since I had visitors coming that night and needed to have a functioning shower.

I had to rinse my hair three more times in the sink before it really seemed that I got the dye out, and at this point the roots are much darker than the rest but at least none of it is falling out....LOL. The owner and his step son came over the next morning and with a trip to the hardware store were able to fix the faucet (although it is still very tight and might need to be replaced soon). I also showed them where the tub was leaking into the basement and they are going to fix that next week.