one reason i love this time of year is that our water bill will USUALLY be about one-quarter to one-third less than in the warm months and that means i can put more money into pop's lunch cooler.
a couple of months ago (after our bill had gone down sufficiently) it suddenly went up about ten bucks so i went about outside looking for leaks and put my ears up to the walls inside the house to listen for running water - nothing. i checked to see if there was a rate increase i overlooked - nothing again.
last month the bill went up a few more dollars so i told everyone - FIVE MINUTE SHOWERS! THE WATER BILL IS OUTRAGEOUS! that lasted about a week or so. of course as i was muttering to myself, my family were rolling their eyes back and forth at one another surely thinking i'd gone nutzier.
i noticed a funny thing with mewna lisa and clawed mewnet (the cat bosses) - they kept coming out of our bathtubs and sinks looking all satisfied and one day, zgirl said, "mama, come and look at this - you're going to love it!" i went into their bathroom where the water was dripping out of the sink AND bathtub and the cats were lapping it up.
needless to say i was miffed and asked, "HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL BEEN DOING THIS?" nancson, "for quite awhile, mama - why?"
"WTF - RICKEN' FRACKEN' - BRISTLE-FRATTIN' - WATER BILL - YOUR ALLOWANCE IS GOING TO BE DOCKED - I CHANGE THE WATER IN THE CAT'S BOWL TWICE A DAY - ARE YOU PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR EVERLOVIN' MAHNDS?!?" okay, so i didn't say WTF, but i was thinking it.
...oh boo...
i cannot WAIT to see this coming month's water bill.
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