A Big Public Thank-You To Herself
She didn’t have to do it, at all. But she did because she is a very nice person like that!
There have been some boiler problems here, and I’ve had forgo anything resembling a proper wash either in a shower or a bath for a week or so. Actually, for a long time no one would want to have a bath in our bath, what with it being full of dried detritus until the cleaning fairy paid a visit!
She offered up the use of her bath to me “anytime”, although I doubt that meant I could walk all the way over there and turn up in the middle of the night for a bath - that wouldn’t have gone down well. Unfortunately certain other events took over and not having hot water in the house soon become the least of my worries. Thus yesterday, once she’d escaped the hell of the menopausal women (or work as some of us call it) she dropped by here and helped me lug one-to-many bags of over-due washing. And then I got a shower at her place, in a very lovely and clean bathroom! Which makes a nice change as I live with oafs and a ogre. A proper hot shower! Without the hot water disappearing after 10 minutes! And clean hair for the first time in days! I keep saying it (not so much here, so far) but truly, it’s the very simple things that please me the greatest.
On the journey we were able to catch up on our favourite hobby - portaloo spotting. I tell you, it’s the future! and discuss important matters such as “could you actually jump infront of the very fast approaching train?” Mostly no, although I’m paranoid I would, for some bizarre reason. We noticed the strange and disconcerting phenomenon of ordinary people carrying buckets with them. This isn’t a seaside town so it’s not something you expect to see normally. And something else we witnessed which really narked us off considering what people are having to do to get clean drinking water - a garage offering a hand washing service for cars, instead of using their usual big automated car wash. Now, I know everybody has their own priorities, but really, is having a shiny clean car the greatest of them all?! I think not.
Anyhow, thank you Moosh. Thank you for the hot, clean water to wash myself and my clothes.
I’ve no idea how I’m gonna repay this debt, which is far bigger than anything I own to anybody in monetary terms.
_Bea Whale
moosh said,
30 July, 2007 at 12:46 pm
No worries me dear - my bath is open to you anytime (as long as I have water meself!)
If you did turn up at midnight with your towel though, you’d probably be grunted at out the window for a good 5 minutes before actually being let in…but you would *actually* be let in. Which is the main thing