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So yesterday in the midst of doing every chore that ever needed to be done in my apartment the P.A turns on. In a way to loud voice the Super informs the building that they are shutting the water off for repairs and will announce when it is turned back on. I cursed at the small white box because I was just about to go do my much needed laundry. Grumbling I put the overflowing basket back in its corner and I stand in the middle of the room confused over what to do now because my entire cleaning schedule has now been disrupted not to mention thrown off. It took me nearly 10 minutes to re-plan and organize my new plan of attack but I got it and the rest of my list done.

I then spent the rest of my day socializing and enjoying myself. At about 5 o'clock though I was hit with the greatest urge to go to the bathroom but the voice never returned telling me I could use water again. And this was a problem because I had friends over and did not want to leave my freshly cleaned toilet un-flushed. But I had to many glasses of liquid to ignore my bladder any longer, so I got up and prayed to the porcelain gods there was enough water in the toilet to flush one last time. I had victory not only did the toilet flush but there was water coming out of the taps and it was hot too. I assumed that the water was returned to us and the Super forgot to inform us all.

I thrived happily the rest of the evening and night enjoying the use of my water feeling overly special that I figured out I had water without being told. But this was not to last. I woke up around 4:30 in the morning to my cat sleeping on top of me. Normally I find this adorable scratch her ear and fall back asleep, but this time she was positioned over my bladder. She took it upon herself to shift her weight so all ten pounds of her was pressing down on me. This creates a feeling hard enough to ignore at the best of times but when you're trying to fall back to sleep after only a couple hours its impossible. Out of desperation I flung my now disgruntled cat from enjoying her past time and ran to the bathroom. I went through the motions and went to flush but even in my half asleep state I realized something was wrong. The toilet didn't go fwoosh in the all consuming growl that it usually produces. Instead it was more of a half hearted gasp for breath. I assumed the handle was being a b***h again and not wanting to flush, so I ignored it and went to wash my hands. I twisted the handles open and waited for the rush of water, none come. I twisted both of them to full blast but all I got was a desperate sputter. Much like the sound of a straw when your sucking up the last 2 drops from the bottom of your glass. Panic started to fill me I wanted to go back to sleep but I couldn't knowing that my hands were contaminated. In a desperate attempt I ran to the kitchen praying that maybe just maybe that sink still hand running water. It didn't. My mind starts spinning with how I could cleanse my hands and the only possible idea i had was the water from the fridge. I pulled out the full just thanking whatever god would listen that I had the thought to fill it earlier that day. I tipped it over dampening each hand then grabbing the dish soap scrubbing up. I went to rinse again but this required more water then the first time. Both hands were completely covered with ice cold water this woke me up completely and attempted to make me want to pee all over again. I left the jug on the counter in case this situation would arise again in the next few hours and went back to bed.

I rolled over to see the boyfriend fast asleep his bare-back out in the open completely defenseless to any attack from ice cold hands. My fingers crept closer and closer to him but I remembered that it was his birthday and I have to be nice to him for at least that 24 hours. So I pulled my hands away making a mental note to tell him how he narrowly escaped icey death and went to sleep. A few hours later I woke up to hearing the toilet attempt another flush and the confused sounds of boyfriend. Without even opening my eyes I told him the water is still broken go use the jug in the kitchen. Followed by a premature "your welcome" then I went back to sleep.

Moral of the story...Always have hand sanitizer in your bathroom just as an in case because you'll only need it at 4:30 in the morning.