how to boil water....

...for a home-made shampoo bowl. 

yup. we still don't have hot water in our lovely montecatini abode. all ten of us are stinky, sweaty, and hairy. although a cold shower can be refreshing, a cold shower is not supposed to take your breath away due to extreme coldness. thus, i boiled three pots of water to create my very own "shampoo bowl," at least my hair would be clean then. it had already been about two and a half days since i had showered or washed my mane so it was time. we are still waiting on our maintenance man to stop by to fix the following items:

- tina's v-shaped bed (it collapsed into a V while she was sleeping)

- the broken sink in one of the bathrooms

- the broken toilet seat in one of the bathrooms

- the collapsed walls of the shower in the other bathroom

- a broken stove burner

- and of course our hot water heater (which has already been "fixed" once)

- in the "mystery maintenance man's" defense, he did bring us a new washing machine, for which i am very grateful.