1. Become a master of adjusting the water faucet one micrometer at a time.
2. Take a shower in the early evening, before the temperature cools off, so that the air temperature outside the shower isn’t cooler than the water temperature.
3. DO NOT run any water anywhere else in the entire building while someone is in the shower. It reduces the water pressure, thus reducing the temperature in the bizarre water heater contraption that also serves as a shower head that depends upon a very precise water pressure.
4. Wait for the constantly fluctuating water pressure to peak. This involves a lot of trial and error and a willingness to wait a couple of hours until the water pressure comes back up.
5. Don’t take a shower right after a power outage as strong water pressure depends on a strong power supply.
6. Don’t take a shower when the lights are dim. (See #5) The power, like the water pressure, constantly fluctuates.
7. Wait for a warm day to heat the water in the river and in the black plastic water storage tank. Warm water gets even warmer when it runs through the water heater.
8. Learn to accept that the Honduran standard of hot water is a lot cooler than the US standard of hot water.
9. Appreciate every day that there is water coming to the shower. We are heading towards the dry season when this may not be true.
10. Take cold showers.
You could give the shower thing the old North Dakota try. We called it a spit bath. You might be able to get enough warm water together for that. You'll come back to the U.S. being thankful for small things which isn't all bad.
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