day 12 sans shower

i'm dirty. i'm tired. i'm grumpy. my hair has been in a ponytail for over a week. this is what happens when i don't have a shower. sure i've had my nightly bath, but it is NOT the same. in fact, it's horrible and i don't feel clean afterwards. do you know what it's like for a grown woman to try to wash her hair under a shallow bathtub faucet? it's not pretty. last week, well, approximately 12 days ago, our downstairs neighbors heard a thud and this time it wasn't john pounding on the floor. the ceiling of their shower had collapsed. the cause? our shower tile had been leaking for about 20 years and the ceiling finally disintergrated. nice. this means that a plumber has been at our house 7 days a week starting at 8 am. now the whole house stinks and everything is covered in dirt and dust. including the bathtub which we have to bathe in every night. that means scrubbing the bathtub every night before we get in it. man, i hate it!! there's a reason adults don't use a bathtub when there is a purpose and goal of cleanliness. it's not very effective. i don't know how much longer i can go own like this. the shower's date of completion is apparently friday morning. i'm just not sure i believe it. if only john and i belonged to a gym so we could steal their showers.... though nothing is really worth a gym membership.