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Location Date Sat, 26 March 2011 1301138138 Mon, 07 February 2011 1297092279 Tue, 01 February 2011 
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The Shower
My body is cocooned and comforted by the covers of my twin bed, warm and snuggled, I lay in a dreamy state all bundled up. Only my nose is left bare to tingle from the cold air of the room. Then all of a sudden Elissa walks in,
"Rachel! I flooded the whole apartment!"
Upon realizing I am not dreaming and that my roommate is actually standing there in her towel in distress, I sit up in bed.
"What?"
"I was taking a shower and noticed a little water on the floor, but didn't think it was too much so I kept showering. Then when I finished I opened the door and saw Eloisa mopping up in the hallway!"
I begin to laugh.
"I said, 'Oh! Lo siento Elosia! Lo siento!' And she just kept saying, 'no, esta bien! Esta bien!'"
I giggle a little more.
"Wow. Two points for Elissa! Hahaha. I guess it could have been worse, right? So the apartment is safe for democracy then?"
Welcome to our shower.
The dimensions of our shower are roughly 2' x 2' x nothing. In other words, there is a little white slab with a slight lip for the floor of the shower and a 360 wrap around curtain. However, if you have elbows, you will flood the floor of the bathroom and in Elissa's case, the hallway too. One way to approach this scenario is thusly:
- Turn on the shower and wait for it to get hot (~30 seconds)
- Stand outside the shower and dunk head in to wet
- Turn off shower and shampoo hair
- Turn shower back on to wash shampoo, still standing outside the shower
- Quickly jump in, keeping elbows close to your body, and get wet all over
- Turn off shower and soap up
- Turn shower back on and take shower head off of the holder to rinse your body in sections, making sure all the water stays within the 2' x 2' slab. Here, you can either choose to stand carefully or use the crouching approach
- Turn off and towel dry
I think I am getting the hang of it now, but recently the hot water has been broken so I've been washing up the important parts in the sink. Chilly, but clean.
Hasta la próxima!
Rachel
- comments
Michelle This is probably the most ridiculous way to shower I have ever heard of...at least you are getting the hang of it! I love random blog entries like this because this is the REAL experience! Love lots, Little
Kathy (Mom) Your description reminded me of what people do on a Navy ship--shower really fast with the least use of hot water! That being said, hope they do fix the hot water very soon.Any plans for the weekend? Love, Mom
Savta The finest chocolate that I have ever eaten was in Spain, Enjoy. Also I told you about the knives in Toledo and I saw your picture displaying many samples. Great job on the translations in the Shuls. Did you see the statue of Mimonides? LOL
Abdo Thank you Krishna sir,We really appiacrete for your kind information regarding our beloved village. It has been always fantastic to hear news about our village in such a way,especially, in development sector. I am very much proud of you that you have been serving for our village for such a long prior of time.When I saw your face it remind me of my school age and all those stupid things that i used to do at that time. It just feels like yesterday, I feel young again like a boy. I do hope you also feel the same as me, don't you sir? I have no doubt you have a huge connection with the school and village both emotionally and physically. I know you love the place same as any other villagers. Only one thing is different with compare to other is that you have been contributing with your highly respected qualification, dedication and honestly almost whole of your life.My heartfelt thanks to you for your hard work and showing such an enthusiasm towards our village and as well as school.We are very lucky to have such a generous teacher and proud of you.Your sincerelyEx student Arjun badmas danda ghar.PS it would be better if you could publish your e mail add so we can contact you personally in future.