Clean!

The alternate title of this entry could be "You don't know what you got til it's gone."

We woke up Friday morning at 6:15 to a robo-call from Bizarro Town's office of emergency management. A water main burst on the other side of town and they were issuing a "boil water" alert. They said it was safe to wash clothes and shower, but not to do dishes, and to boil water for three minutes before drinking it.

Hmm. Well.

So is this bullshit, and they just tell us this to cover their asses? Isn't the water that's already in our water heater safe? And if it's not bullshit, how can it be safe to shower? You can be sure a man came up with that one.

I made do by boiling water and filling the bathroom sink with it to wash from. I already had a UTI and didn't want to develop anything else. K, however, had an interview, and so, no choice.

The sink filled up with dishes. (We use bottled water for cooking and drinking, so no problem there.) We started to run out of cups and forks, though, and I broke down and bought disposable (which I not so secretly love.)

We got the robo-called all-clear a little after ten pm on Saturday. I have never done dishes so joyfully, and leaped into the shower immediately thereafter. Ahhh.

In other news, I got a Facebook lesson last night and am contemplating more Twitter. Soon.

I slept like an actual human being last night and had pleasant and amusing dreams. It was so nice.

A couple of medical things tomorrow and a brief stop-in at school. And for now, just trying to keep my feet warm.