You never know how much water you use until you can’t use it. There is a pretty bad water situation going on in and around Boston and for days we’ve been unable to drink, wash dishes and clothes, and cook anything with water that doesn’t bring it to a boil. Even after washing your hands they suggest using hand sanitizer which is sort of creepy. All this was fine for the weekend at home. I boiled water and cooled it down for the cats and to brush our teeth, we have a variety of beverages so it really wasn’t a big deal and we just had to be sure to keep our eyes and mouth out of the way while we showered if possible.

Then I went to work. On the way there it occurred to me that I probably shouldn’t drink the coffee, even though it is filtered before it even hits the fancy little machine it comes from the tap. It did not occur to me that every restaurant and coffee house would be closed. I got to work and coffee and water weren’t an option, they practically put caution tape on the machines. I know my caffeine addiction so I quickly bought 2 diet pepsi’s from the vending machine and two bottled waters and stuck them in my desk. Then I watched. People freaked out. They contemplated where and how to get coffee. Should they go to another town (all the towns around here have the same ban these people are not watching the news), should someone go home and boil water and have their wife make it? Should they go to the grocery store and buy starbucks in large quantities? (that won) I drank my pepsi and giggled.

Later I went to the grocery store even though I knew it would already be ransacked. I needed some bottled water for the house, it’s not good to survive on juice and booze and we didn’t have sanitizer. They were almost out of everything. It was like one of those apocalypse movies (but only in the water and hand sanitizer sections, as well as frozen food). I managed to get a case and some generic sanitizer and make my way out of the mob.

I decided to try to wash at least a few dishes so they weren’t sitting around dirty. I boiled a huge pot of water, cleaned the sink, put in the stopper and poured it in. I was so smart. It went down the drain. I put a big bowl in the sink and decided to was the dishes in that, I put the next batch of water in there with soap and started to wash… but had no where to rinse. Honestly the worst part is they are adamant about us conserving so I’m trying not to do laundry and I really wish I had been a good girl and taken care of my mountain on Friday night. I don’t want bacteria clothes anyway… sigh.

The kitties love poland spring by the way.

love,

Lula Mae

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