Hot, Soothing, Much-Needed Relaxing Bath Checklist (Originally Desired, and Harsh, Cruel Reality):

Originally Desired:
1) Peace and quiet;
2) Lots and lots of bubbles, salts, oils, etc.;
3) Laptop to play Eddie Izzard DVD;
4) Cold, delicious Riesling wine;
5) And of course, piping hot water.

Harsh, Cruel Reality:
1) Phones ringing off proverbial hooks with calls from well-meaning family members and mis-dialed numbers;
2) Can only seem to find old salts that have lost their yummy smell;
3) Laptop needs extension cord, which I spend 20 minutes finding, only to realize that ol' lappy refuses to turn on
anyway;
4) Cold delicious wine trapped inside horrid bottle, as corkscrew broke and got stuck;
5) Hot water has gone cold and slimy with salts as I attempted to fix electronic nightmare and liberate delicious wine
from confines of hellish bottle.

Result:
Sitting in front of desktop (trying to type around hubby's flight sim. equipment)drinking beer and warm fruit punch from small boxes whilst I curse at my notebook and attempt vainly to fix it.

Oh well, at least I'm attractively smooth and fantastically soft.