These are Carol BonteKoe's Peace Corps Adventures

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Getting the unexpected
8:22am Today
I have gotten many of something that I wasn't expecting to get here. With the weather getting colder they are all gone but I have gotten many a hot Dueche. WHOA WHOA!!!! Mind out of the gutter, not in front of my Mom. No a Dueche is Russian for shower. Don't worry it never stops being funny having my host mama chase me artound yelling at me that I need a Dueche.
See here there are summer showers. What that is, is a bucket with a hole in it hooked up to some tubing. At the end of the tubing is a on off knob and a plastic shower head. The bucket sits on top of the barn and I take a shower right behind it. There are blankets seperating me from the back end of the cows and the chicken coupe on the other side. My family will put watewr in the bucket in the morning and it heats up through out the scolding hot days. So, normally I ahve to take a shower right at sunset to get the optimal amount of heat to really feel free of the dirt and livestock poo that has gotten all over me. Taking a hot shower has new joy for me hear. And it is extra nice taking it at sunset to one side I can see the sun going down and to the other side I can look and see the snow-capped mountains reflecting the red, orange, and yellows of the sunset. It is very relaxing having that view being naked and hearing the donkey going crazy just a blanket away from me.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Next time your mom tells you that you need a "douche," tell her that she is one...

7:03 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm about to go douche myself, but with a much less spectacular view. Is every day that hot? What if you have a cold day? That would be an unexpected shower! Sounds like your mama is pretty animated, what with chasing you around to tell you to douche or spitting on you. Maybe I'd be a little cleaner if someone chased me around telling me to do stuff...


Tom

5:22 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Do u havta shower every day in forien countries cuz i was hopping to go maybe every other day?

-MAX

11:29 AM  

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