By Trina Machacek
I watched a comic the other day and he was talking about staying in a hotel. He went on about all the amenities. One was the coffee/tea maker. He was funny as he discussed filling the pot with water—from the bathroom. He thought one should never have to fill a coffee pot with water from the bathroom. But.
Trina Machacek
Yes, a waterlogged “but.” I kind of like bathroom water. Here’s the story.
I don’t need to take water with me as seems to be the normal thing now. I was brought up drinking out of a hose when I was a kid. I didn’t have to have a water bottle with me all the time. I still don’t. I find it amazing that there is a whole industry swirling around water. The delivery of it in an innumerable number of bottles of sizes. Let alone the way to open said bottles. Flip top, screw up to open top, and Heaven forbid you get caught with a regular screw off top to your water. Never mind the one hundred billion dollars a year that is spent on water in a bottle. That’s $100,000,000,000! Then we moved on from drinking the water out of the bottle it comes in, to buying a personal water bottle. I read on a web site from Norte Dame University that as personal water bottles became the new way to carry bottled water, we as a planet of peeps are saving about one in five plastic bottles of bottled water. Well goodie for us. AARRGGHH.
I have my own saving idea, of course I have my own idea I am a girl after all.
This is not something I have thought a lot about. It is just a way of my life and water that I drink. First. I must admit I have fallen into the buying of water a few times. I can’t explain why. I have the best water to drink that one could imagine or want. But because of this and that I have lugged a few cases of water into my home to distribute to guests and workers I have hired over the years. Most of the water I drink comes straight from my tap. Because I have for the last 50 years lived where my water comes from our own well. And I make no apologies for that. I am lucky to have a well that delivers great water. I do however drink water at restaurants and at friend’s homes, from the taps. So far, I have not grown an extra head or developed any strains of boogie woogie things from any tap water.
However, for some unmistakable reason there is one place in my home where the water is the best. Yes, the bathroom water. I can’t expect anyone to understand this but believe me it is so true. My bathroom water is the coldest most refreshing water I have. The kitchen is good. The hose water is outstanding on a hot July afternoon. So much so that I can drink out of the hose until my tummy hurts from filling it to the top. But without a doubt, that bathroom water is amazing.
Not the water in the shower or from the tub. That would be weird. No, it has to be from the faucet at the sink. I know; I know. It sounds too good to be true. It happened one night so many years ago that I can’t remember ever not enjoying bathroom water. It was a nighttime visit to the bathroom where after washing my hands I took a handful of water to my mouth to refresh and wash out the goo that accumulates in your mouth as you sleep. Of course I washed my hands with cold water. Who is going to stand there in the middle of the night and wait for the hot water to wash your hands! Moving on.
Well that sip of water turned into a paper cup of water that night. Then the next night I took a glass to bed with me full of that cold water. It was actually sparkling in that clear glass, and I drank it all before I got to bed. That drink was the beginning of a lifelong delightful relationship of bathroom water and me.
There is of course a reason that water is so good. You have to let it run a bit first to get it really cold. Bathroom water is usually farthest from the place water comes into your home, that is why it is usually so cold. In my world anyway. But give it a try and let me know.
Yes, you may fill your personal water bottle with bathroom water. Life is an ongoing process.
Trina lives in Diamond Valley, north of Eureka, Nevada. She loves to hear from readers. Email her at itybytrina@yahoo.com
