My kindergartner came home last week with a ton of information about water conservation. Apparently there had been a school assembly or something with folks from the water company. He was so excited to share his new knowledge about how to use less water. Don’t water our lawn every day! We only water 3 times a week. Don’t run the dishwasher until it is full! Go look in the sink to see that we don’t always run the dishwasher even after it is full. Take a 5 minute shower! Cough Cough… a what?
A five-minute shower. Probably sounds pretty easy for a guy. But for a woman, it’s hard. Beyond hard. It’s damn near impossible. And believe me I know. Not only did my son get the talk on reducing our water consumption, he also got a timer to put in the shower that beeps LOUDLY at you when you’ve gone over the 5 minute mark. It’s as if it shouting at you that you are a bad person and destroying the environment with every second you stay in the shower. Or maybe that’s just how I feel about it.
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