Water is essential to life, however the access to and
quantity of water that one has can vary. When I was away at my conference
something happened to a pipe that brought water to a third of the village. Since this happened I have continued to
hone in on my ability to wash my body, essential clothing items, and my hair
all with the same liter of water. Even though my house does not have running water,
there is a standpipe 10 yards from my front door that only my landlady and I
use. However, since the trouble with the pipe my landlady and I now travel
further to a neighbor’s house to get our water.
Recently a package came for me that contained red lipstick
and as it was a Saturday where I had no plans I decided to try on the lipstick.
Immediately following this my landlady knocks on my door with two wheelbarrows
saying its time for us to collect water. So there I went following my landlady
as we traipsed through the village with our buckets and my red lipstick. I left
simultaneously absurd and like there is no better reason to celebrate with a
little red lipstick then getting water.
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