Farmer Jae

The damn water pump broke friday arvo.

Of course it’s the weekend so there’s nothing I can do about it till Monday morning at the earliest and there’s no guarantee that it’ll be fixed then. Plus to add insult to injury, we’ve had some rain so I’ve listened to the water gurgle into those big tanks of ours knowing I currently can’t get any out. Knowing there’s water in the tanks makes me want a nice long hot shower.

Our house runs completely on rain water. We do have mains water connected but it’s only hooked up to the toliet (at least I can still flush that) but the thought of filling up the kettle from the dunny doesn’t appeal so it’s outside to the garden tap.

I have a new found respect for all those people in the world who have to lug water kilometeres for their cooking and washing. I’m just lugging it a few meters, only for a few days and I’m already over it.

I want my taps back.