Living in a No-Shower Zone

I have been avoiding this blog post because I only planned on writing about happy, cool and funny things. However, the past twenty-four hours have been rather awful for me. At some point yesterday I was getting ready for a shower after spending the day at the zoo and walking through the whole thing twice (BA has a great zoo by the way. I have never been to one where the animals weren't sleeping or acting bored the whole time. Every animal I saw was acting alive and the lion was roaring. Oh, and no. This was not the zoo where you can ride lions and cuddle with tigers. I'll have to work up the courage for that one.) Needless to say, I was feeling the filth. Well, when I turned on the shower it was cold. That's ok. It's just because I washed a lot of dishes five minutes before.

Wait thirty minutes.

Try again.

Freezing. Frigid. Cold.

I tried three times last night to no avail. I went to the kitchen to examine the water heater. Turned it on maximo and tested it in the kitchen sink. Scary noises came from that water heater and I could see the flames. I put it back on merely caliente as per usual. Then it struck me. Something is really wrong if the water is heating in the kitchen but not the bathroom. I fiddled some more and accidentally turned the water heater off. As hard as I tried the thing did not come back one. Great. I waited and waited for my roommates to show up to help me but no one came home last night.

As you can imagine, I did not shower last night even though I could smell my stinking feet from a full day of walking. When the weather is in the 40s and there is no heater in the apartment, it is NOT a good idea a good idea to take a cold shower.

Now I sit here. More than 24 hours have elapsed and I STILL have not seen my roommates since Monday. Normally I like the solitude, but since I smell bad right now, I'd much rather have someone come back and correct my mistake.

But no. I'm sitting here in the cold, contemplating asking for a new place to stay where I can take hot showers and seriously considering boiling water for a sponge bath.

Today is not a glamorous day for me.

Maybe I'll laugh about this some day down the road...

¡Besos!
La porteña Emilia