My bathroom has turned into a shower service these days. Every day one of my friends is coming around asking for permission to take a shower in my bathroom. The reason? For days the hot water in our buildings has been turned off, and if people want to take a shower, it would have to be an ugly cold shower, and who wants that?

Now, the reason circumstances for me are different, and the reason why people ask to take a shower in my place isn’t because my shower is prettier than theirs. I owe that simply to the fact that I’m blessed to have a hot water heater. A nice, big fat water heater that keeps things warm and cozy for me. Unless, of course, someone gets to take a shower before me. Then (like today) I have to wait for hours for the water to be hot again, so that I’m not the one ending up with a cold shower. Brrrr!