i have a love-hate relationship with saving the world

Did you know that my apartment is fueled by solar energy? Pretty cool, huh?
Yes, I thought so too. Everyday my shower was toasty warm and I could feel good that mother nature was heating my body. How "organic", right?? I thought so when the weather was hot. I thought so when the sun was shining. I thought so when there was a streak of over 120 days without rain.

But now, we've had about a week straight of rain. Every....single...day. And it is cooooold. Just the other day we had a hail storm. Oh, the best part is, the houses are designed to keep cool in and heat out. So, you can imagine how toasty warm it is. Imagine late October weather in a ceramic building with no heating system. Oh, yeah baby. And then, you want to step into a nice, warm shower, but noooo. You get in and swear ice cubes are falling from the shower head. It's nice saving the Earth and all, but I wouldn't mind not freezing my balls off. Let me just paint a picture for you all. You get in, turn on the water, wait, wait, wait. Hoping that it will heat up. But it doesn't. So you hold your breath. Get as wet as you can as fast as you can and then get out of the line of fire. Soap up your entire body and hair out of reach of the shower head. Then, once again, hold your breath. (Breath out, its gonna be ok). Breath in again and hold, rinse rinse rinse (while jumping up and down) and finally, get out.

Now, I know why women wax here. Can you imagine shaving on all those goosebumps? ouch! So, actually, I'm saving the earth in 3 ways 1) no electricity to heat my shower 2) significantly reduced shower time 3) less showers as a result of shear fear and dread. Woo hoo! Beat that green footprint bitches.



I'm not making fun of those who are eco-friendly. My boyfriend is an environmental engineer, so he can be Captain Planet all he wants. Just give me my hot shower.