The title has nothing to do with any kind of violence but our water situation. I have nothing against the military. I respect them for being brave enough to risk their lives for what they think is right. However, the adjective military is rarely used with the synonyms: comfortable, relaxing, and luxurious. Military showers may be good for the environment and possibly for our health. However, they are not comfortable let alone luxurious. Here’s the description. You turn the shower on and get completely wet and wet your washcloth. Generally, the water is cold at the beginning and deliciously warm when you have to turn it off and soap your body and shampoo your hair. After you are all soaped up, which you try to do as quickly as possible so you’re not cold, you rinse, turn the shower off, and dry off. That is what you call a military shower. We have been forced to have military showers because a landslide destroyed our original water source and so we now only get one hour of water every other day. Hopefully, that will be fixed. But for now, I can be thankful:
1.Because of the water stored in our tank, we have running water most of the time.
2.We have water heaters on our showers.
P.S. When I am back in the U.S., I will have hot showers! Every day! Maybe even a bath! But I don’t think I will ever have a dipper and bucket shower there.
Love,
Adriana
