me ferrei... I am screwed

Eu adoro tomar banho de banheira jura que o assunto do post vai ser mesmo esse?? oh fim dos meus dias, barraco dos barracos, fundo do poço. Mas eu moro em Bahrain bidú, que fica no Oriente Medio já já corto os pulsos se esse post nao melhorar.
E daí, voce deve estar se perguntando e com razão.
Daí que o verão ainda não começou e já não tem mais água fria na casa. Juro.A caixa dágua, que fica em cima da casa, fica exposta a um calor de lascar, fazendo a água pelar. Aí nao tem torneira nessa casa que tenha uma aguinha fresquinha.
E como é que se faz então?
Eu desenvolvi três estratégias banhisticas.
1- Não toma banho, oras
1- Desliga a água quente da casa ( se ela ficar guardada em um tonel dentro da casa), e usa a água quente como fria ( pq desligada e dentro de casa ela vai esfriar). O problema é que nem toda casa tem essa "facilidade".
2 - Enche a banheira de água e liga o ar condicionado no ártico - quando a água esfriar, você pode tomar seu banho em paz
3 - toma banho as 3 da manhã, quando a água só vai estar morninha

Então. O problema é que o fabio D E T E S T A água quente, e não vai ficar sem banho, nem esperar acordado até três da manhã. Também não toma banho de banheira o moçoilo. Então o que é que aconteceu? Ele decretou o desligamento do cilindro de água quente, e eu, euzinha, que tomo tomava banho pelando e ficava horas marinando nos diversos oleos e espumas de banho, tenho que tomar banho correndo por que a água tá FRIA!! FRIA!!


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I love taking baths seriously? Is it what this post will be about? sad, sad, sad. But I live in Bahrain, which is in the Middle East Oh God, it does not look like this post is going to go anywhere.
You must be asking yourself what is this post going to be about, right?
Summer has not started yet and we have no more cold water in the house. I swear. The water tank sits on top of the house  and is exposed to heat all day long,causing water to boil. So all taps and showers in house "produce" hot, hot water.
What is the way around it?
I developed three ways to handle the "problem":
1 - Do not bathe1 - Turn off the hot water in the house (if it gets stored in a cilinder inside the house)and use the hot water as cold (the water in the cilinder will be cool after)The problem is that not every house has this "feature".2 - Fill the tub with water and put the A/C on"Arctic"- when the water cools, you can take your bath3 - Wait until 3 am to take your bath, by then the water will only be warm

HOT! HOT! HOT!

When I say Bahrain is very hot, I am not making it up, and I am not just trying to make you feel sorry for me. Believe me. Bahrain is darn hot.

The temperatures sometimes reach 50 C, and the humidity is also very high ( I would thing it would be dry, because we are in the desert. WRRROOOOONGGGG).

Just some examples:

- If you turn the air conditioner off for 30 minutes and then try to walk on the room where you were a/c free, you will slip and probably fall on your face. No joking. The humidity will produce a coat of water on the floor, making it very slippery. Yep. I tried. It hurts.

- If you go on holidays and for some reason decide to leave the A/C off, or if it simply fails to work, you will find your stuff all moldy when you come back. Furniture, towels, linen and clothes. All gone. It happened to a couple of friends of mine.

- What about open the window to recycle the air? All you will get is this hot, humid air, so just keep the windows and doors closed. Seriously.

- Cold shower?

You must be joking. The water reservoirs are on roof tops, so the water is always very hot. There are a couple of ways around it. If you have a hot water cylinder inside the house, you can turn it off, and use the "hot water"as cold water. You can also wake up at 2 in the morning when the water is not too hot and have your shower. What do I do? I fill up the bath tub, turn on the A/C, wait for it to cool down and have baths. Every day.

- Go for walks? Run? Cycle? Forget about it. In summer you have to be indoors.

- Going shopping? park in a covered car park, so when you come back to the car you will only feel extremely hot, but you may not pass out ( park outdoors, and I bet you will pass out).

- Every time I can, I just leave the car on, with the A/C running, so when I come back, I don't feel like crying.

- Every week I give my pantry a good clean up. With the heat, lots of things spoil before they should.

- Fruit market in summer? no way. The fruits stay in this non refrigerated "garage thingy place", and when they get to your house they are already spoiled. Supermarkets keep fruits in better condition because they are refrigerated 24/7.

- You are going to the mall? Take a jumper with you. They get the A/C so cold, you may freeze in there. Same thing for movie theaters.

Come to the Middle East in summer - will you?