Well, when you think about it, these problems are really nothing compared to the world's, or even our little portion of it writ large!
The backsplash tiles are fortunately in stock in Nemo's warehouse in Jamaica, Queens. I'll pick up the bloody tiles today myself.
I'm less aggravated with the contractors than I am with a few vendors and our architect/designer/project manager team - all one and the same. They did a a great job with drawings, the DoB, etc., but they're, in my opinion, not great project managers.
