They've turned the water off at my apartment complex. I woke this morning, amazed that I had enough time for a semi-leisurely breakfast. I made eggs, fresh bread with honey, and a banana sliced up. As I was sitting down to enjoy it, I heard the suspicious sound of a backhoe in reverse. Then I remembered the notice on the door saying "January 15th the water will be shut off to fix some pipes. We do not know what time the pipes will be turned off, nor when they will be turned on again. We apologise for the inconvenience."

So I threw my food in the microwave (nothing worse than rubbery eggs -- McDonalds would do well to learn this) and ran to the bathroom realizing that without water, not only couldn't I shower -- but I coudln't wash my face or brush my teeth either....unless by some miracle I had some water left in my teapot.

There was enough time for a shower, it turned out...but I had visions of getting halfway through and then.....a splutter and that's it. And I would be forced to go to my first class with hair saturated in dandruff shampoo...or worse, with one leg shaved, and the other resembling a wildabeast. Alls well that ends well. I did get my shower in. But I put the stopped in the tub to conserve as much water as I could just-in-case. And I can report that my hair decided to humor me today! Yay! For once! Anyway....I'm off to clean one more room of my apartment and do the rest of my homework.

By the way -- bravi to all who commented on the last blog! That's what comments are supposed to look like! Thanks all for making my day, or the first part of the week rather!