July 31, 2007 at 8:08 pm (emergencies, life, people, water, work)
I JUST HAD A BATH!!
It was pure bliss. Stand up scrub downs are good when needed, but they don’t beat a bath. We still don’t have the luxury of being able to drink, clean our teeth or do washing up in the water coming out of our taps though, that will come soon hopefully. I think we have all learnt something about ourselves and others from this crisis.
1) You can wee in a toilet quite a few times before it becomes absolutely disgusting.
2) You can boil veggies, use the water to do washing up and then use it again to flush the toilet.
3) Hair still needs to be washed once every 3 days (at least) or I go nuts!
4) Moist toilet paper is ace, I will still use it after this crisis has finished.
5) In a crisis such as this 99% of people will work together and it will make you feel great about the human race.
6) In a crisis such as this 1% of people will need to be shot for being utter pricks.
Many thanks go to:
The Army.
For getting water to us in bowsers and bottles.
The Army and Navy
For keeping my electricity on.
Severn Trent Water
For getting the water supply back on.
The Gloucestershire Echo
For keeping us well and truly informed.
For me it is the beginning of the end, for others it is the start of trying to get their lives back together. Going to their homes to see what devastation has occurred, insurance claims, cleaning and throwing ruined things away. For a few people there will be funerals to go to. This is a story that will be told for generations to come.
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July 30, 2007 at 6:37 pm (drudgery, emergencies, family, fillums, fun, interest, life, t.v., water, work)
Tired of not having water, but thankfully it should be back on tomorrow for flushing and bathing use. Billy just told me that he is having a bath in a min, but I have to wait. When tomorrow comes and I hear that sound of cisterns filling up I shall be in the bath like a shot and stay in it for some time… although not too long as the water will still be a bit dodgy.
In other news I got the preparatory material for my OU course. I am really looking forward to this as my sister is doing it too. This means competition which in turn means that we will be doing good work (hopefully). At work my boss is on holiday and I feel like I’m running the place, which I suppose is good training for when I do actually run the place. Having just one day off a week is very draining though, I wanted a lie in yesterday but also didn’t want to waste the day. What is a young girl to do? Well, I stayed in bed till 9.30, that’s what I did!
I have to go shopping on Wednesday as I have a pirate party to go to on Saturday. It’s meant to be on a boat but there still may be a chance that the water is too high so it may be moved to a pub nearby. I have decided to use the dresses I made for re-enactment as the costume as they are wenchy/pirate type dresses. I need to add stripy tights, bandanna, big earrings, eye patch and cutlass to this equation.
Last night I watched Hairspray and I have to say I loved it and smiled all the way through. Gonna watch the last episode of Jekyll in a minute, I am sure there will be less smiling whilst watching that.
*Edit* I watched the last episode of Jekyll and I did actually smile. It was very good, a tad OTT at times but overall a very enjoyable series. I’m glad I watched the whole thing.
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