Why was I only talking about Sunday? Well, because this Sunday was full of excitement for me. I woke up, rubbed my eyes, stretched a bit and looked around...the girls had left to church. I, on the other hand, never was the religious type, I prefer staying in bed, sleeping or enjoying a morning movie or TV show. I stayed in bed until the girls got back and guess what? Surprise – Coimbra had no water! No water until 6 PM. The girls got their jackets back on and ran to the nearest supermarket to buy a 5L water supply. I eventually got out of bed at 12PM and went downstairs to make some breakfast, or should I say lunch? The kitchen was all messy, filthy dishes everywhere, a complete disaster for a neat person like me. Since we had no water, I had to ignore all that, so I made my bowl of cereals and ran back in bed.
Later on, the girls came home, Norbert came up in our room and we started working on our projects. This was not long lasted because the kids got soon hungry, so I had to postpone study to go make some goodies. I grabbed Ada and went downstairs to make dinner.
A dozen dirty dishes later, the schnitzels and vegetables were ready. Despite the fact it was very hot and we were very hungry,we ate everything from our plates. After piling up the dishes, we continued with the study, waiting for 6 PM to approach and our promised water to come back. Unfortunately, 6 PM became 10 PM.
Hours later, the water finally came down the drain and very excited I went to clean the kitchen of that horrible state that it was in. Helena and Tomas, our Czech house mates came in the kitchen smiling that they could make a tea, wash their dishes or grab a bite to eat. After Helena made her tea, I was left alone with Tomas. While he made some pasta with tuna and salad and I was cleaning up, he appreciated that I like cleaning after others. Well, yes, I’m kind of a Monica from F.R.I.E.N.D.S. I like everything to be cleaned and put at his rightful place. We talked about University, about ourselves a bit and then Giovanni, the Italian guy, came in.
While we were developing new topics, a little shadow caught our attention – out little furry friend just came out of his lair. Then it came to us to give the mouse his freedom rather than try and kill or poison him. Tomas and Giovanni started barricading the doors and setting up a path for the mouse to reach our front door safely. I started filming this because it was very funny. Imagine this – a barricaded kitchen with chairs all around the back of the fridge where the little rascal had hidden in. The guys tried scarring him away, but the poor mouse was so scared that he just wouldn’t come out. Minutes later and also after sacrificing Fabrizio’s piece of cheese, the mouse finally got the courage to ran out of the kitchen and back in the wilderness. Relieved, all three of us followed the mouse in the street, watching him go on his way and hoping that he won’t find his way in another house. After this experience, we felt proud that we freed a small friend.
While I swept the kitchen and cleaned the remaining dishes, Tomas finished his meal and Giovanni went to his room to write on our home group about the great news. We all agreed that I needed a hot bath, lucky for me the water was warm enough to enjoy it properly. I went upstairs with Tomas, we said Good night and went to our rooms.After a relaxing bath and a day packed full of surprises we all went to bed, dreaming of what the next day will provide us. Who knows, maybe the light will be cut off again, or maybe another day without water, or even worst, a day without Internet! You will never know unless you live to see it!
