Link: AP Blog: the Story of Iraq, Told in One Day - Yahoo! News.
The music selection on the Iraqi stations gets boring after a while. Time to see if the water has returned. A weak flow emerges from the shower head. I move fast. Grab the soap, grab the shampoo. But the bathroom has no light -- the electricity is still off. Pills, deodorant and razor all careen off the sink as my hands thrash about in the darkness in search of the soap.
Showers in Baghdad aren't a leisurely excess. They must be taken fast, just the basics. No time to stand there, feeling the warm water streaming down your back. This morning, there is no hot water. It's not freezing cold, but too cool for comfort, even in the morning heat. And water supplies are uncertain. They could switch off at any time. It's pitch dark, but at my age, I know where the body parts are anyway.
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