First, an apology is in order. I spent some time
trying to think of the next entry for the story, but of course, life happened.
Instead of whining about how hard college is turning out to be (which will
likely drive away any of you that are still here), I decided to tell the
interesting story of why I felt like a superhero today.
For those of you in the Lemoore area, you
understand why my family buys water to drink. We use those big 5-gallon jugs,
the kind that apparently weighs about 40 pounds when full. Mom and I had just
refilled the jugs today, but we didn't get one into the machine before she left
for class. This, of course, slipped my mind when I got thirsty, and I went to
get a drink.
Being faced with an empty machine, I had a choice
to make. I could drink the tap water, chock-full of essential minerals like
dirt and arsenic. I could just drink some milk, at $1.00 a glass, or somewhere
in the neighborhood of that. Or, I could try to put a jug in, spill water everywhere,
and probably break bones when I dropped it on myself. (For those of you who
think I’m exaggerating, I am still physically incapable of doing a single
push-up.)
Don’t you want that arm lifting a
huge jug of water, then flipping it upside down?
Anyhow, for some reason, I decided to go with the
jug. After strategically moving a chair to balance me, taking the lid off, and
having about 10 false starts, I just decided to tip it gently and see what
happened. Amazingly, the water just trickled into the container until I
successfully upended the jug!
I shouted for joy, then promptly collapsed on the
floor. I assure you that it was only to appreciate the beautiful color of our
ceiling. It’s not like I’m so out of shape that moving the jug was strenuous or
anything…
See, isn’t that a beautiful ceiling!
The view of the completed task from
my floor vantage point.
Since no-one in my family besides Dad is usually
willing to try to change the jug, I feel reasonably proud.
(I promise next post will continue the story!
Hopefully soon!)
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