Over the weekend our water supply (we don’t have water from 6 in the mornings until usually 10h30, 12h00) was more erratic than usual; then on Monday it only came on at 18h30, and on Tuesday there was nothing! We soon realized that we weren’t properly prepared for something like this, because by the time our househelper left, there was precious little left in all our buckets. Of course we were being careful, and it’s amazing how little water one can use for taking a bucket shower, but just as astonishing how much water you need for washing dishes and doing laundry. So yesterday morning I went over to Woodrows and fetched about 125 litres of water – thank the Lord for that solution! I knew that when the Woodrows had a combination of a broken pump and city water in their area being worked on, they were without running water for quite a while, so I was trying to prepare myself emotionally for dealing with the same thing. Surprisingly, this afternoon at 13h00 the water came back on, and we joyfully filled every container we have, including one more 70 litre drum I bought yesterday. By 14h00 it was off again, and then came on again at 18h30 – odd. Even though I’ve gotten used to not always having running water and not having enough water pressure for proper showers, this has really made me realize how precious water is and how much of daily life depends on it! Hopefully I will appreciate it more in future!
I am absolutely swamped with work, serves me right after a whole month of doing almost nothing Fiel-related, I guess, but I don’t much like having deadlines, in my case, my trip to South Africa at the end of April! On the other hand, I always stress myself to death and then everything is done in time, so Lord willing everything will be fine this time as well.
