now that the bathtub faucet is fixed and my bathroom is actually dry, i've cleaned up the rest of the crud that seeped out of the walls and fixed the spots where my earlier attempts to clean took paint off because it was so wet. my bathroom is beautiful again, yay. amazing how much easier it is to keep it clean when it actually looks clean when i'm done. once the shelves are up i'll take pictures.
but i still need to deal with the shelves. not to mention the actual work i'm getting paid to do, which i haven't touched today. maybe i'll go out on the balcony and sand shelves. it might be cathartic.