the leak: update

since my last post about the leak, nothing has changed in the leakiness.
but everything has changed in the solution.
i tried making a plastic patch in the ceiling with a hole for the water to drain out.
unfortunately, the hole was too small and the plastic collapsed from the weight of the undrained water. 
sploosh.

i tried hanging something in the ceiling to catch the drips - no go.

then, i was filling the tub for sam and had an inspiration.
here is a picture of our bathroom pre-inspiration, with the leak running all over the toilet and the floor.

and this is the bathroom post-inspiration.  ta-dah!  (there's enough room under the shower curtain to sit without anything bonking your head.  i'm just not that great at drawing perspective.)

(the red thing is a clip that gathers and weighs down the shower curtain).