How I conquered the shower

This is la historia of how I conquered the shower

When we had an informational meeting about Costa Rica at WTAMU, the students who went last year told us about the showers. One student said that the showers had these small water heaters located next to the shower and that you had to be careful with it. Careful not to knock it over and careful not to take long showers or the heater would collapse. To me, collapse is a serious word.

The shower was something I was seriously concerned about, why, I don't know. The day I arrived it was the middle of the night so I didn't receive a tutorial on how to use it. (On Monday I over heard other students talking about how their Mama Ticas gave a demonstration of sorts.) The next day, it was just me and the shower.  The first day it was the quickest and the coldest shower of my entire life. That was ok because it was a little warm outside.

After overhearing the other students talking, I figured out that its necessary to turn the water on a little and then as it heats up increase the pressure. The more pressure, the colder the water. Lucky for me, my water heater was actually a part of the shower head. At first I could tell it was heating up because I could smell it...I figured that was not good for the heater. A couple of days into the trip I needed to shave my legs. Leg shaving could take up some serious and precious warm water time. What to do? Hairy legs or cold shower? 

I know this might be getting too intense for you. This is a serious predicament. 

Here is how I managed to conquer the shower. I turned the faucet on at a decent trickle and as the water was warming up, I sacrificed my legs to the cold water. Shaving as fast as I could yet still taking out the dreaded leg hair. The first time I used this method, I'll be honest, only one leg managed to be shaved. Esta bien. It all worked out. Round two, I managed both legs and arm pits. 

Hope this tip helped any future travelers. :)