Modern Living: Water
In Melbourne we live with some pretty stringent water restrictions. But we’re still eventually going to run out of water down here.
Last night we got a taste of those bad days ahead.
I came home around 2:30a to find a huge lake of water down the road from me and crews working frantically (and, undoubtedly, at incredible penalty rates).
The implications of this image didn’t hit me until I tried to brush my teeth. And do about a million other small things you never even think about. (I wound up washing my hands with water I found in the kettle…)
Glancing with new appreciation at the crew in the road, I was really impressed at first with the gung-ho attitude of Melbourne Water. Way to get the problem solved, team!
This enthusiasm lessened as I settled into bed, and the sounds of the jackhammer continued intermittently. Actually, the sound of the machine was fine when it was going constantly. Instead, every time I started to drift off it would either stop, only to loudly punctuate the silence a minute later. As the time moved towards 5:00a, neither Bryan nor I were happy campers.
It was not a pleasant evening.
Nor a pleasant morning when we were still without water - and, indeed, until about 12:30p. I was at a bbq yesterday, so with the grease from the sausages, the sweating caused by strenuous sessions of Guitar Hero, and the absurd number of hedgehogs I ate (it’s a dessert), I really, really wanted a shower this morning.
Instead I’ve been watching episodes of The Office, the US version. Now I am clean, and will do my reading - after watching just a bit more of The Office.
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