Wackyfish

I got home last night and there was Water. So I filled up all my buckets and large bowls, and did some dishes. I have this “When the dish drainer is full, you are done doing Dishes, for now” rule that works well for me. It means that I don’t usually spend more than 15 min washing dishes. When I do spend more than 15 min washing dishes, it is usually because I have lots of silverware to wash (Darn me and my admiration for using forks). I may have to come back and wash more dishes later but knowing it won’t last long always helps. I like washing pots and pans the best because the dish drainer fills up quickly.
This rule is one of the many little ways I created for myself in order to better cope with the change of lifestyle from Silicon Valley to Third world country. I may not have a dishwasher… but I don’t spend a lot of time doing dishes.
Along those lines is the “use as few dishes as possible and eat or drink out of original containers whenever possible” in order to make less dishes, rule. This is convenient for now but I fear I may have deplorable manners and need to be re-housebroken when I am done here and go home.
In related news… I woke up at some point last night to the sound of rain falling outside my window. It was cool and I felt a strange sense of relief. However when I woke up this morning the water was off again. The plus to bucket showering is that I can boil some of the water first and dump it back in to the bucket, for a lukewarm bucket shower. (As opposed to a freezing cold, water from the pipe first thing in the morning shower.) I am not saying that I think I will give up regular showers in favor of the bucket shower; I am simply reaching in order to find the good in an otherwise… inconvenient (and annoying) situation.