I
have had no water in my apartment since Thursday. It is now Tuesday.
Six full days. I don’t mean
to imply I have had no HOT water… I mean I have had NO water. What does that really mean though? Because I wasn’t aware of it until I became
a victim to my situation. No one
can really be aware until they experience it. Which, is why I now am in complete and total support of any
groups that demonstrate, strike, picket, etc. to save water. Without water, we will all surely croak
sooner than we think. Its easy to
imagine it will never happen to us and we are indestructible regardless of the
fact that we KNOW we NEED water.
But live through it once (or unfortunately in my case, 3 times, and I
can assure you, it is not worth running your dishwasher or laundry every day,
its NOT ok to leave the water running while you wash the dishes or even take 45
minute showers (even if you have nappy hair like mine).and it is definitely not
ok to be all snooty about your nice cars or gold courses and waste valuable
water to wash them.. what for? Seriously!
Maybe every once in a while, fine.. we are a spoiled society and we wont
give everything up so easily. but
buck up people.. it’s a fucking car/ golf course.. its not life.. yet it can be
death. And its using a natural
resource.. who cares if it feels good.. buy a burger or a dress or something..
that feels good too.. go for a run! I don’t fucking care.. but don’t give me
the “I deserve it” because when what you deserve effects the rest of the
world’s life resource.. you don’t deserve anything. Ahh.. rant, over.. this is what unfolds…
These
are the natural turn of events when water does not exist for you…
1. Cannot flush the toilets
2. Cannot take a shower
3. Cannot turn on the bathroom
or sink faucets
4. Cannot brush your teeth or
wash your hands
5. Cannot clean the dishes
after you have made breakfast or lunch (also cannot clean the vegetables and
fruits you want to eat!)
a. Cannot wash your hands after
making breakfast/ lunch/ dinner
b. Run out of plates/dishes to
use to make breakfast/ lunch/ dinner
c. Vegetables and fruits begin
to rot for lack of use since they cannot be washed
6. Dishes begin to pile up
a. Sink begins to get sticky
and dirty
b. Bugs begin to infest
7. Toilet begins to get clogged
up
a. Bathroom gets stinky and
dirty
8. In the middle of the night
when you need a glass of water.. there is none
a. Dehydration sets in. at first you try to swallow hard a few
times thinking that will help, but with time your throat, lips and brain become
cracked up
9. In the middle of the night
when you are freezing because its
winter here and no heat in any of the apartments, you have no water to put in
your hot water bottle which is the only saving grace in this place.. and so
your toes, fingers and ear freeze off and you cant sleep. You can put on the heater but it dries
you out even more making you crave water even harder
10.
Cannot make tea for breakfast anymore and cannot take water with you to
work (where there is none to be had).
Cannot have a sip of water just for shits and giggles.
11.
Again, dehydration gets the better hold of you.
a. Grumpiness settles in
b. Start to feel tired all the
time and a bit depressed
c. Your body cannot fight
infections; colds, headaches, etc. settle into your body and stay settled
12.
Fighting occurs between the roommates about who was responsible and how
to get it fixed, yet the laziness and exhaustion from the dehydration keeps
anyone from actually doing anything
a. Blame anyone but yourself
b. Or.. just leave the
apartment and sleep somewhere else and ignore the problem
13.
Begin making friends with people you may have otherwise not been
friends with
a. Bring buckets to their house
and fill them with water just to flush the toilet and wash the dishes…
b. Bring more buckets to boil
water and brush teeth
c. Borrow showers
14.
When it gets bad enough, move apartments… natural instinct takes over and survival of the fittest
settles in…
So
I am moving apartments today and I cannot be happier.
