water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink

We are in the middle of day 2 of our water crisis. We still have no water. Last night we had just enough water to shower, but today, there is absolutely nothing but air coming out of the taps.

I am praying Abe finds the dreaded water leak and gets our water lines back up ;and running. It was annoying yesterday, but today with the children out of school, it is down right dreadful. We are boiling water i collected from the torrential downstorm last night, otherwise known as rain to wash 2 days worth of dishes.

If we run out of buckets of rain water, we will have to collect water from the pond to flush toliets, oh joy, i don't want to have to do that again. Did i forget to mention the temperature has dropped about 40 degrees , and we haven't turned the pilot lights back on the wind is swirling out of the north, and we all think we are freezing to death.

To just make everything perfect, we have done no laundry at all in the last two days, none, we are out of towels, today is bedding day, but i decided to postpone it until we have water, why look at all those sheets unnecessarily?

It is one of those miserable winter days that makes you want to crawl under the covers with a good book, unfortunately, if i crawl under the covers, half the children are coming with me....the squirming, wiggling ones. Nicole has been sick for a week, so she would gladly get back in bed with me, but i am afraid of catching what she has. I have had her in semi-quarintine for a week.

Ashley wants to invite her friend Lee over to visit, Dylan wants to take a shower(ha) I want a nap, Alexandra wants a drink, we all want something. My puppies don't want to go outside, it is not chihuahua weather. I did tell Dylan he could brave the wind and weather, and take a dip in the pond.

Rumor has it, that the seminole nation will begin bringing drinking water in tomorrow, if the problem isn't resolved, and turn on their water at the hall for us to haul water home. Life is always an adventure on the prairie, we are still pioneers, it is just not everyday, that we know it. We have had sporadic electrical service for the last week due to horrible storms, and now this adventure.

I know how to collect rain-water, I know how to wash dishes with-out running water, I can cook over a camp stove when we have no electricity, and have survived weeks with no power during ice storms, by keeping my fireplace going bundling up kids in bed together, and cooking in my fireplace, the worst thing, though is no water. I am not tackling this laundry, I am not hauling it to the next town to wash it, so for now, we wait....

Please Abe, I am praying for you, fix our water , the entire rural water route, is praying for you, find the leak, fix the leak, get the tower back pumping water....we are all so desperate.....we really don't want to play pioneer for another day, we want to turn on the taps, and have all that lovely hot water run out...we want to flush toliets, and not have to refill the tanks with buckets, we don't want to play crazy house on the prairie any more....