You know what sucks? Not having running water.
Our main water pipe froze a few days ago and today we briefly had water when my dad and the plumbing guys did something to supposedly temporarily fix it until we can go in, dig up the old pipe and put in a new one. We can't do that until the summer obviously since the ground is frozen and to do it now would be a lot more work. So when we had that water for a couple hours, I thought it was back on for good and so did everyone else apparently. I figured I had time to go talk to James for a couple hours since he was online, then come have a shower when he went to have his shower.
Looks like I was wrong and I should have done it earlier. But how was I supposed to know that the water would randomly stop working again? I thought it was on for good. So when I turned on the tap, it came out as normal for a few seconds, then slowed down to a trickle until it stopped completely. I kept turning the taps off and on but still nothing came out anymore. I tried the bathroom sink and the kitchen sink, and nothing.
Fuck. I need to be at work by 10 am tomorrow. Looks like I'll have to wake up around 7 am to see if my dad will get the water working again or not. If not, looks like I'll go to work feeling disgusting. I hate that. It doesn't happen often. I usually have a shower every 2 - 3 days which a lot of people would say "ew" but really, I don't have body odour, I don't work a sweaty job, my hair doesn't get greasy if I haven't washed it in a few hours. Besides, they say that showering less is better for your body in general. Look it up if you don't believe me. And it's not like I'm disgusting or too lazy to shower. Some people really do need to shower everyday if they have bad B.O., or work a long and sweaty job or have hair that gets greasy fast. I stand behind a counter or price things for 4 - 6 hours. That doesn't really count. I'm still pretty clean a couple of days later, except that's when my hair does start to get greasy so I end up having a shower anyway.
One thing I don't understand is those girls who shower like 2 times a day. It's really weird and just idk. If I did that my hair would never be dry, since I don't blow dry it often since I don't like to damage it too much with heat. Plus it wastes water. If you've showered once already, you don't need to shower again until the next day or a couple days later. It's also a reason why my hair is so healthy and has no split ends except a few odd ones here and there that fall out. Plus I don't kill it by dying it a new colour every two weeks.
Anyway, this isn't really about how often I shower. It's just that I'm kinda pissed off since I do need to shower and I can't. Plus, my boyfriend lives in a different country so I can't just go over to his place to use his shower, and my best friend lives an hour away. I do have a couple friends here in town who I'm sure I could have asked but I had thought that we'd have water by tonight. Well, it looks like I'll have to wake up early tomorrow and see if the water will work for me to have a bath or shower in time for work. I hope it does. If not I'll have to use dry shampoo on my hair or something. But I hate going places feeling like this. -_-
It's happened a couple of times. I mean, especially when I lived in Halifax close to two of my friends including my best friend, I'd go to either of their place unexpectedly and not have a chance to bring clothes to change into. I could obviously shower at their place but I hate also wearing the same underwear the next day. Sometimes I didn't have a choice. I'm sure other people have found themselves in that predicament.
Well, like I said there's not much I can do but hope that my dad can fix whatever's bugging the water this time with enough time so that I can have a shower/bath before work. But at least I'll only be at work for 4 hours tomorrow if the worst should happen. Then I have another day off before I work again which gives time for the water to start working permanently. It really sucks being without running water. People can say "be grateful for what you have" or "I'm so grateful for what I have" all they want but I know they'd complain if they were in this situation too. I've been patient for the last few days but now that I have somewhere to go tomorrow I'm not so patient.
In other news, James and I had another argument. Long story short, I keep thinking that he's doing things that he's not, and I know I have to stop it. I think I am getting so stressed and anxious about this first meeting that I'm looking for things that could go wrong, or reasons to be angry at him and I don't know why. He admitted that he's nervous too, and I hope that once we are together, all of our stress and worries will just melt away and we'll have an awesome time together. It's like the closer the meeting is getting, the more stressed we are getting, especially me. He tells me that he'll for sure be here, even if he has to take a train rather than drive a car if he can't get a car.
On Wednesday he's calling out of work to apply for his passport. That should give it time to get to him on time. He also told me of his new plans, that he plans to wait to move mid-April, get settled, then come down to see me, then go back there and get a new job afterwards. I guess it does make sense, I mean, it would give him time to save up more, rather than moving now, and not being able to save up as much due to not getting a job right away. I'm sure he's got a bunch saved up by now, but I don't know how much he's planning on bringing here. Plus, with a car, he doesn't want to waste 2000$ on a junker that might last a few months or that he would have to spend more to fix. He'd rather save up for a decently nice car. He'll need one if he plans on driving here often.
I probably won't start to feel really excited until he's on his way, using whatever method he can (car or train). Maybe then it'll sink in that he's really coming. Until then, I'll be super stressed and worried about all that can go wrong. I wonder if other people felt this for their first time meeting their LDR partner. After the first time it'll be a lot better and flow smoother once we get a system going.
Well I think that's all the ranting I have to do for now. I'm so nervous.
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