Joy was so desperate.Being a single mother

Joy was so desperate.Being a single mother is a tough job! She knew

the usual stuff like don't let kids play with matches, don't feed them ice cream before dinner and never let them see you sweat! that last rule was the hardest one to follow becaus

e he had more sweat glands than anyone else. And his pores were as big a dimes. As a result, he had constantly drink Gatorade

just to have enough fluid in his system to urinate. Even then it was just a dribble of dark yellow stinking fluid. Not a healthy situation. His Doctor RXed him a pore reducing balm

so that he would stop losing so much fluid through sweating. He thanked his doctor and followed his instructions to drink seven glasses of water a day. What he didn't plan on was

the twenty mile hike to the nearest water source, which was just past Dusty's Ridge. Anyone making that voyage faced armed gangs of water thieves along the way. Seven glasses

wouldn't suffice, but he'd have a damn shower one way or another. If his family wasn't going to stop him from fulfilling his hygiene needs, neither would gangs of biking camels.

So he grabbed a bucket,made some holes on the bottom ,tied it to a pole and filled it with hot water.As the water sprinkled from the bucket he finally had his shower but he was so

rry the next day when he returned to his job as the custodian at the local nursing home. His bucket leaked soapy water all over the floor. Then when "Wheel of Fortune" came on at 7

& there was a rush to get to the TV room, a great pile up occurred of residents & Zimmer frames. It was a memento mori moment that few who witnessed it will ever forget.