If you know me, you know that I usually go to bed late and get up late. That has changed. My new alarm clock is the family rooster (as well as a plethora of birds and chickens) who feels the need to tell everyone that the sun is up around 4am. It usually wakes me up and then I do a half-sleep until about 6:45. The good news is that I usually go to bed around nine now.
My host family is pretty well off from what I can tell. They have an inside bathroom, internet, tv, inside kitchen, etc. The water isn't working right now because repairs are being done to the town's pipes. They assure us it will be fixed tomorrow. Who knows when tomorrow really is though. :) So in the mean time, to shower, I use the outside solar shower. It is in the duck pen and the ducks love to try to get at the water while you're using it. Cheeky ducks.
The other morning the water ran out mid-shower. I told my host mom "Nu apa," no water. She went and got four buckets from the well and climbed the ladder to pour them in the barrel while I stood in my towel covered in soap. This didn't seem to alleviate the problem, so I finished using a bucket and my washcloth. Normally a bucket bath in Moldova would have been fine, nothing out of the norm. However, I had not allotted time for this side track of 20 minutes or so. This is what caused me, an exercise induced asthmatic, to be running down a dusty road, dodging chickens, in a foreign country, being that weird "Americanca" trying to catch my bus.
This is the good life. Este bine.
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