Clean Again

Ah! I was brought back to the late 90's when I was living in Romania for a couple of months tonight. I took a bath with cold water added to boiled water to make a small, but luke warm bath. It was so nice to have warmish water. Now I'm clean:-)

Memory lane...I think it was Oct. 1997 when I went to Romania to teach English and to help in an orphanage. I had a large apartment with few furnishings. Though, there was a faux fireplace in the entryway. It was fun sitting next to my light bulb fireplace with a hot cup of tea pretending to feel the warmth of the fire. Our water supply was limited and there was no water heater. The water usually would flow through the tap between 5 and 6 in the morning, and then for two more hours in the afternoon/evening. There were two medium size pots that I would fill with water and put on our only two electric stove top burners (there was no oven. I once tried making some oven type cooking device with two pots, forks and water upon the stovetop...another story). It took 30 minutes to boil the water. I faithfully continued this ritual every other day. I didn't shave as that took too much time, the water would cool too soon, and I didn't bring a razor with me and didn't want to buy one either. It was fun growing my leg and armpit hair for a few months. Hmmm. Recently, I haven't shaved my legs....well, enough about that.

I enjoyed my time in Romania. I miss the people I met there.