i've been here how many days...?

and just learned we have 2 bathrooms in this small house. i turned the water on to shower this morning but it lacked any and all sense of getting cooler...(as in warm. i call it getting cooler cuz it starts off at a freezing cold temp) or warm. so i didn't shower this morning. don't worry tho, i showered last night, so no biggie. i just didn't look my best today, that's all. during lunch, Pura explained to me i should shower downstairs when the weather is this cold because the warm water won't make it to the upstairs bathroom that i utilize. go figure, the only rooms i've been in are my room, what i thought was the only bathroom (would've saved me much trouble if i knew this earlier), the TV room (where we eat dinner while watching the news), and la cocina (aka the kitchen).

people have countdowns on how days we have left here...as in they wanna leave soon! que ridículo! when i see the countdown...my reaction: "i only have that much time to become fluent?!?! ahhhhh! necesito mas!" i don't get what's not to like about here. i came to learn the langauge and i intend to do so. i don't understand my fellow travelers at all!

update on shower situation

it's what i thought. apparently there's a box in the kitchen cabinet where you gotta switch a switch or something i dunno how to work it but i'll have to learn just in case. i enjoyed a nice warm shower this afternoon [insert big smiley face here]

seriously. i would die for a chilled shower at this point

i've had one, yes ONE warm shower here thus far. it's day 8. that means i've had 6 chilled showers and today was ice cold. i seriously have no idea how this water system works. sometimes i can get it to warm a little, but today, NOPE, nothing but ice cold water. this morning i only washed my hair cuz i couldn't do it. before going out 2nite tho i sucked it up and showered in it. i think your body naturally warms itself after being frozen with cold water.