cleaning up

gerry's house got a cleaning roster. yay. also, the shower got declogged. extra yay.

in ireland you don't just turn on the taps and you have a shower. no. no no no. there is a machine in the shower that gives you water pressure and i think heats the water too. this means the pressure sucks. it also means the temperature is weird...and sometimes is warmer than others. the only time, essentially, that you get good water pressure is when you're at a hotel.

now, here's the best part. you have to turn the device on in order to shower, and there's practically a national argument about whether or not you need to turn the thing off after showering. some people leave it on all of time, insisting that it's just the light using the power, so it's quite small. others say that it wastes a lot of electricity leaving the thing on. there's always a string that you can pull if you're getting electrocuted. or if someone you know is getting electrocuted. in the gym at work, there is one machine powered shower and one push button shower. i choose to use the push button shower. hide the machinery and let me dream! BUT the 'don't get electrocuted cord' hangs over into the non-machine operated section, so i am constantly reminded of the 'power shower'.

if i had a properly pressured shower now, it might hurt. but i would love it.