Weekend Survival with no water

So we get home on Friday after work, as my fiancé and I are now car pooling since one of our cars has been repossessed. We get home and I go to wash my hands, there is a problem no water. It seems along with other things we are a little behind on our water bill. We call up the property management company to discuss what amount to pay to get our water turned back on. Well it looks like we can come up with the minimum payment; problem is we can’t make that payment until they open again on Monday morning.

You don’t realize how important water is in your daily life or how much we take it for granted until you are forced to go an entire weekend with out it. I will sum up some of the things we use water for in our homes. Dishes, Using the toilet (big one), shower, drinking water, washing hands, doing laundry, brushing your teeth. These are a few which we had to deal with. Good news it is Monday and when I get home tonight I can do the dishes with great enthusiasm, another good point I am actually excited about doing dished tonight.

The other good news is we survived the weekend, at our home I will fill you in on my survival secrets if you ever find yourself in the same jam. Number one remember to keep your sense of humor and try to laugh at yourself. It may be hard but it is one of those times you have to say hey one day when things get better for us we are going to look back and laugh at this.

The first thing we did is go and buy a few five gallon jugs from the supermarket. We need this for essentials like, flushing the toilet, brushing our teeth, and washing our hands, and of course we need drinking water for ourselves and our two dogs. Who did not get a bath this weekend as planned.

Friday night we get through with our 5 gallon jugs. The first big challenge came on Saturday morning when we needed a shower. I know you can call a neighbor, but hey it is a little embarrassing so far we have been pretty good at hiding how bad our economic crisis has become for the sake of keeping face. Human nature and pride what can I say.

Asking our friendly neighbor is out. As my fiancé and I are brainstorming ideas and little light bulb goes off in my head. The times you appreciate your college degreeJ I recall in our community we have a gym and in that gym they have showers in the men’s and women’s bathroom. We can dress like we are going to work out and use the bathroom in the gym facilities. This sounds perfect. Either that or I keep picturing those movie scenes when someone sits in bear clawed tub while someone pours water on them from jug. Hmmm maybe we can have a romantic movie moment. However I think the better of it and decide for the gym showers.

I pack a little shower bag and dress in some gym clothes to keep up appearances. We are in luck the place is empty and we shower and get dressed. On the agenda for today a double feature at the movies where there will be access to water all day. And we can use a little vacation from our lives today. Forget the sandy beach vacation of yester years today a mini vacations is losing ourselves in the story line of a movie. On the agenda, angels and demons, and star trek. I give the movies two thumbs up and I can’t help but wish Scotty could beam me up right now, I am sure they have water on the enterprise. And a little surprise Tom Hanks looks pretty good in a Speedo who knew, he is not even European.

On Sunday after some friendly debating we decide to take a ride to my sister in laws house, for a shower and to hang out in a water zone. The price, well my fiancé had to take some good old fashion heckling from his brother in law. As I started to contemplate if I pull off the grunge look for work on Monday morning.

Today as we have over come yet another set back in our economic crisis I can smile. We survived in one piece an entire weekend wit no water. As I again ask myself the question is my glass half full or half empty? Today as I fill up my glass with water from my fridge it is definitely half full. Why this sunny disposition? Because I can forget about having to embrace the grunge look and tomorrow morning take a shower in my very own bathroom!!