A couple weeks ago, my bud mentioned that he was planning to demolish the downstairs bathroom.

Good.  I thought.  Good riddance.  Who needs bathrooms anyway?  They’re overrated.  This bear especially, has no need for bathrooms.

So I watched it get torn up.  Then Erik come to visit and help tear it apart some more.

And a week later they still continued to tear this bathroom apart.

Just how long does it take to get rid of a bathroom anyway?

Then it dawned on me that they weren’t just removing the bathroom.  They were actually trying to fix it up.  And it was taking a long time.  And during this whole time, my gaming routine was getting severely disrupted.

I tried to stage an intervention.  I sat down to talk to my bud.

No avail.  He still worked on that blasted bathroom.

So right now days into this “project” I’m still sitting here left to my own devices.  So I decided to vent my frustrations by writing a song.  This song’s for you bear bud.

Les Miserables -  I dreamed a dream

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• adapted by Sumi Bear, video for your singalong purposes

There was a time when my bud was kind And the cocoa was flowing And his words were inviting

There was a time I felt top of mind When the world was a game And the game was exciting There was a time It all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in time gone by When scores were high And life worth living I dreamed I fought; yelled battle cries I dreamed that odds would be forgiving Then I was young and too naive And worlds were conquered, new skills added There were no days I had to wait No takedowns untaken No time was wasted

But some people come one day With their tools sprawled all asunder As they tore my hopes apart And they turned my dreams to dust

He left me sitting at my chair He filled my days with endless waiting He took the patience of this bear And he was still gone when nightfall came

And still I dream he’ll come to me That we will start our gaming sessions This dream had really better be Or there will be storms he cannot weather!

I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I’m living So different now from what it seemed This bathroom has killed the dream I dreamed