If illness has been our number one issue, showers have been number two. Let's take today as an example. Yesterday I started taking a shower, but before I got shampoo in my hair, it turned freezing (the kind that gives you a headache). I ended up getting out with wet but dirty hair. I knew that if I didn't wash my hair today, I couldn't go out in public, so I was determined to make this happen one way or another.

This morning Tim took a shower that began luke-warm and turned freezing within maybe 2 minutes. I didn't have to leave early, so I waited. An hour later, I checked out the water. So-so. I decided to go for it. I got in, but again, before I had a chance to put shampoo in my hair, it turned cold. I pointed the water down and at the wall and tried to continue my hair-washing without getting my body in. It was rather difficult and unsuccessful, so finally I just turned it back to the faucet, knelt in the tub, and tried it that way. Within a few minutes it turned warm again, so I put it back on a shower. By the end of my shower, it was beautiful- almost hot, really. And hot is not really the kind of thing you could wish for around here. Only a couple of times have I gotten the mirrors to steam up.

What an adventure! I'm not sure which I would enjoy more- water that was consistently cold (as it is in many parts of the world) or this uncertainty. Regardless, it ensures that no morning is ever boring.

2 comments

1. May on November 30, 2007 at 5:34 PM

   Ann and I can relate so well--we experienced some unexpected bone-chilling showers in El Salvador, too. I appreciate my cozy hot shower at home more than ever!

    
2. Anonymous on December 3, 2007 at 1:17 AM

   interestingly enough, my shower, in orange county, ca, has unexpectedly gone two-thirds-world-shower-freezing the last 2 days....? i must be in training.
   --jason k