H2O

   We have been taking “combat showers.” Someone actually sat at their computer, and printed out the following words-

COMBAT SHOWER:

Turn Water on

Get wet

Turn Water off

Lather

Rinse off

Get your stuff and get out

   Then they placed these in document protectors and taped them all over in the shower trailers.

   Well, we have a 5,000 gallon water tank on our trailer. We were told recently that we are only using an average of 800 gallons a day. So, we’re not using enough water! Pleased, I took a long hot shower last night without turning the water off once, and I felt no guilt, and I laughed in the face of whoever wrote the combat shower signs. This happened two days ago. This morning, the showers were out of water. I guess I wasn’t the only one who used more H2O.

   I have consumed more water in the last few months than I probably have in the last two years. There are coolers everywhere filled with bottled water. We only drink bottled water, as it is the only kind of water “approved for consumption.” I’ve cut out the coffee, until it cools down. And I have perhaps one soda every couple of days. Too hot for that stuff. Water is definitely the way to go. Gatorade packets abound. We mix them with our water to keep our electrolytes up, and to keep Gatorade in business of course.

  Sodas and water bottles alike have the American writing on one side, and the Arabic on the other. One bottle of water I had in Kuwait was called Rawdatain, and it said this:

“The Rawdatain field, north of Kuwait, is characterized by its pure water with natural mineral properties conforming to the authorized standards … collected from rainfalls, thru the ages, in the Dibdiba Formation.”

This text, while nice to read, did nothing for the flavor. It tasted just like water.

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