The candlelight flickered on the curved ceiling, causing creepy shadows and suggesting eery thoughts. Camera like flashes and crashing thunder echoed throughout the house. I had just driven through the worst storm I have ever experienced. I had dodged fallen trees, driven over downed power lines and hit metal buckets. The fan in the car wasn’t working, so on top of the blinding rain, I couldn’t see for the fog on the windshield. My clothes clung to my shivering damp body, and my hair hung in ringlets.
And now, I needed to go to the bathroom. The nerve wrecking evening had finally caught up with me. But…wait…no electricity. No water. Typically, how small a thing it is to flush a toilet, but tonight I recognized it as a simple pleasure.
Oh honey… I am so sorry – the heat with no air conditioning and now this. You amaze me in your ability to keep a good attitude in the midst of such trials.
Actually the electricity was out mostly as we slept, so it wasn’t so bad. It woke us up last night when it kicked back on. You should have seen the storm though. I thought we were goners.
Well written and thank goodness you are home safe.
Goodness, the weather is wielding unusual havoc.
We’re still in a drought. We have electricity, water hasn’t been rationed…yet…but I worry about our uncharacteristic high temps in the 100′s and it’s only June. What will August bring? .
Be safe.
My mother and I were just commenting on the strange weather. This week we’ve had 3 days in the high ’90′s, and today we barely got into the 60′s. It seems like an extreme weather pattern…no moderation.
I completely agree!
Once you’ve had to go without a bathroom for a while it’ll become one of the nicest places you’ll ever see!
We overlook so many small blessings!
It is the simple things, isn’t it? That bring the most joy? After having experienced a squatty potty a time or two…I completely ‘GET” the profound value of the flush…
While searching for the photo in the post, I saw a picture of a squatty potty. Ewww…I assume, knowing you, that you experienced this on a missions trip?
Thankfully you made it home safe and sound. Many take flushing as a given, but there are so many in this world who don’t even have a bathroom or running water. “The sun will come out tomorrow …” Best wishes Tammy
Yes, and the electricity is back on, plus it’s a lot cooler than yesterday…
What a great simple pleasure! This is something that we so easily take for granted. The way you wrote “up” to the pleasure was perfect. I love it.
(I actually considered writing about my new toilet seat this week. LOL In fairness, the old one had a case of the wobbles, making visits to it a bit precarious.
Glad to meet you through Simple Pleasures
That’s odd. We just changed our toilet seat as well. It cracked in half last week. It was also wobbly before completely falling apart. Sometimes, it would even pinch your butt a little.
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Thank the Lord that you made it home safe and exspecially driving all way home from your Mom’s in the weather that we had yesterday…
Actually, I’m still at my mom’s. It was quite exciting.
That was an awful storm. And three of my fish went missing from my water-garden. Boo-Hoo. The three biggest. Of course when the electricity is off, everyone has to GO.
I’m so sorry about your fish. Actually, I was in southern Wisconsin at the time…visiting with my mom…we had quite an adventure together.
ha! good read. at least the toilet was inside! and you were safe. . . . .
thanks for all your visits to my blog, and your constant encouragement. always appreciated.
You are so welcome! I love visiting your blog! I am sooooo thankful to be safe! It was truly the most dangerous driving experience I’ve ever had.
ha ha …. have never thought of that one as a simple pleasure …. so very true though…. we do take things for granted!!
I always like to try and think of something very basic….I guess circumstances led me to a winner!
After spending 10 days in Mexico, part of it in more rural areas, I can’t tell you how thrilled I was to have a toilet, complete with lid, TP, and the ability to flush.
SImple pleasures, indeed.
I ventured into rural Mexico once. I’ll never forget a community of the tidiest, most lovely huts I’d ever seen…
We take too many simple pleasures for granted, don’t we?
We certainly do…like the simple pleasusre of blogging…
Our electricity was out too several times. There you are, you and the cat and a torch! (That thankfully had batteries.) We take so much for granted, don’t we? To ease my suffering I went back to bed and had a nap…
We’ve had sleepy, rainy weather here as well…
Simply another example of the importance of perspective.
It’s all a matter of perspective…Yours is so intelligent…
Storms can be sooo frightening! Glad you’re safe and sound. We’ve had wicked weather, too — far too hot for this time of year, far too much rain when other parts of the country are in a drought, etc. Still, it’s important to recognize the simple things in life and acknowledge our Creator with gratitude!
I know we live in the Chicagoland south suburbs and have had one day with record breaking heat, another with record breaking rain, another with record breaking cold…repeat. Very odd. I guess it makes the old addage true. If you don’t like Chicago weather, just wait a minute.
Ah … indeed, flushing is a simple pleasure.
It is indeed…and we get to do it several times a day!
Sorry we have the same problem whenever electricity goes out.
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Sorry we have the same problem whenever electricity goes out.
Following you via weekend blog hop. Clicked on you Follow on Twitter button and it say your twitter page does not exist. . Stop by my blog and follow however you like.
http://itsabouttimemamaw.blogspot.com/
Thanks for letting me know about the twitter button. I’ll check on it. I’m looking forward to checking out your blog…