(Ha! Don't get nervous----I haven't included any photos of my toilet.)
Here's the thing, though: My apartment complex shut off the water on Tuesday the 16th because of a pipe break. Austin thawed out last Friday the 19th. But as of today (Monday the 22nd), there's still no water at my apartment. Why?
This whole situation is certainly unique. I've certainly never gone a whole week without showering (or even face-washing). Tooth-brushing takes less water---about one 16 oz bottle, so I've done that every other day or so...
Other odd "problems" sans water: I recently sold some eBay stuff that I needed to get to the post office. I thought about e-mailing the buyers and saying, "Look, my hair is just too greasy to be seen in public..." But then I remembered that Wuhan is still going on, so I'd be wearing a mask and nobody was going to know who the hell I was looking so greasy-creepy... I went to the post office, as scheduled. (I did NOT, however, allow a camera for my Monday virtual work meeting; I mailed my boss hours earlier and told him that no one at work was going to see me 'til I'd had a long, hot shower.)
Oh, re the toilet: Early Monday morning, I made 3 trips to the apartment swimming pool to fill up various containers, so I could get the toilet tank up to the appropriate fill line to enable flushing. Sounds minor, but containers of water are HEAVY, man! I kept picturing centuries of women going to some watering-hole and carrying those laden buckets back to their hovel... It's hard work, and I only had to go about 20 yards!
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