I LOVE SHOWERS

No really I do, I was able to take one today. You may think that is a bit odd but when you have Strep and it hits you hard as with me this round, taking a shower is such a delight.

We came home from San Francisco on Friday, felt tired Saturday and by Sunday I was beyond miserable. I would go into more detail but my sensitive family thinks I am melodramatic. Insensitive Heathens. I'm in severe misery and they think I am a drama queen. Hump! I had a 101.7 (got to get the .7 in there) temperature and a "person" in the family said, "oh hey that is good it is just a slight fever." If I had the strength I would of reached over and smack the "person" in the head but that would of hurt me and I probably would of passed out...

I really can't fault the "person"after all I was the one doing all the temp. taking in the family but it still puzzles me. However, I did let the "person" know that 99.9 was a low grade fever. (Ninny!) The funny thing is I was thinking my fever broke I wonder how high it was before that?

Okay I wasn't going to go into detail, good thing I didn't.

Back to the shower. When you get up to shower and take two steps forward and decide to go lay back down because getting up is just to much energy and your heart is pounding and your sweating, then showers are da bomb.

Day one after laying there sick I started getting angry because I have no time for sickness. Who does? I have no patience for it either. I'm a buck up and get over and stop your whining kinda gal as well. (Okay bordering on ruthless) Not to patient for whiners either. Ask my kids and Loverboy they will tell you. When the girls were young they were afraid of winery signs (we lived in Seattle by wine country) because when they would whine I told them that is where whiners go. (okay I threaten somtimes, not gonna lie.)

Day two I start getting real hateful that I keep myself boarded up where no one can deal with me but me. I can B&M to myself and talk back to myself, but dare anyone else? Oh hell no!

Day three starts the Martyer syndrome, I get weepy, sensitive, and maybe a little whinny. (oh I just contradicted myself, refer to day one) I feel real sorry for myself because I am never going to EVER feel better again and I go around telling my family be grateful for their health, yada yada yada and anything could set me off.

Example: Tarah comes to get some things she has left behind from the move and she brought Sawyer and she comes in and says "Wow mom are you feeling any better" "Make sure you don't go near Sawyer." "OKAAAAAY. I know." I say... I wouldn't want to plague him with my disease (sensitive).

Another Example: Megan comes in the computer room. I am finally at sitting position downloading pictures and she said, "Oh my," (with a giggle in her voice) "mom your sporting a nice hair do"(mind you I haven't showered for 3 days. I know disgusting even the dogs don't sit by me) (Sensitive again)

Then the final Sensitive straw: Loverboy comes in and says: " Hey Lover nice to see you up and out of bed, are you feeling better?" Yes I am my goal tomorrow is a shower. He says: " that should make you feel good and give you some energy. Don't get near Soybean." So rather than concentrate on the nice things Loverboy says I narrow in on Soybean and say, "gall you'd think I had Leprosy or Bubonic plague or something. (whining) Everyone gets sick, just because I suck and it takes me longer to get better and I have tonsils and you don't, even Sawyer has his out,(more whining with annoyance) and the worse thing it sounded so childish and made no sense and I turned around and no one was listening anyway. What the heck was up with throwing in the tonsil remark? They just hear me babbling crazily to myself but didn't hear one word. Thank the lord above. WHEW!!! Weepy and Whinning all in one. OHHH I hate that. Which brings me back around to days 1 and 2.

Okay I wasn't going to go into detail, good thing I didn't.

Back to the shower, just sitting there with no thoughts rolling in my head (another Blog time), smelling my lavendar soap and pumicing my heels. A good lather to my head and taking in the feel of the water and the smell of lavendar makes me love to shower.

I think we all should get in our showers and put our hands together and thank our Father for the opportunity that we get to shower. We are lucky.

Water problems affect half of humanity:

Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.

Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water survive on less than $2 a day, with one in three living on less than $1 a day.

More than 660 million people without sanitation live on less than $2 a day, and more than 385 million on less than $1 a day.

Access to piped water into the household averages about 85% for the wealthiest 20% of the population, compared with 25% for the poorest 20%.

1.8 billion people who have access to a water source within 1 kilometre, but not in their house or yard, consume around 20 litres per day. In the United Kingdom the average person uses more than 50 litres of water a day flushing toilets (where average daily water usage is about 150 liters a day. The highest average water use in the world is in the US, at 600 liters day.) Some 1.8 million child deaths each year as a result of diarrhoea

The loss of 443 million school days each year from water-related illness.

Close to half of all people in developing countries suffering at any given time from a health problem caused by water and sanitation deficits.

Millions of women spending several hours a day collecting water.