A recipe for the best shower ever

Some of you may be aware that Kumi is currently undergoing a water shortage. Most of Kumi and the surrounding area gets its water from the nearby lakes. The water is taken by a plant from the lake, chlorinated and then pumped to Kumi Hospital, various water spouts and some homes. However, the plant that chlorinates the lake water and pumps it out broke down 2 weeks ago resulting in a lack of water for the Hospital and the surrounding area.

This has resulted in a crisis for Kumi Hospital which now has no supply of water. There were back up tanks for 3 buildings (surgery and 2 others), but now even those are running out. Basics such as washing hands, instruments, cleaning the floor, etc. become exponentially harder because water must pumped by hand from a well and carried to the hospital.

The water shortage has resulted in a minor inconvenience for Annie and I as well (although nothing compared to what the hospital is going through) because the house we are staying in no longer has water. We do have a barrel of water that we can use for hand-washing etc., but still water is in short. We used some of the water to take a 'cup bath,' but the water from the barrel has been there for a long time and is dirty and cloudy looking. That means Annie and I have had minimal bathing opportunities for the last 2 weeks. This weekend Annie and I went to the larges city near Kumi (Mbale) to get some school related stuff accomplished and stayed in a mid-level hotel for one night. Our hope was that the hotel would have running water, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the hotel had HOT running water and therefore hot showers! I took one of the best showers I have ever had in my life. It was amazing. I looked at myself before the shower and noticed how disgustingly greasy my hair was. Also my skin was so dirty that you could write a word on my arm (or my feet) just like how people write on dirty cars. hmmmm.... disgusting. However, the shower was amazing. I was radiating (clean) happiness after a shower and I decided to take a picture so you could share in my joy about finally being clean:

So nice to be clean! Hot showers are amazing!

I decided to write a recipe for an amazing shower just in case all of you wanted to share in the experience:
1) Take an empty garbage can from your back yard.
2) WITHOUT cleaning it, fill the garbage can to the brim with water
3) Now, turn off the water to your entire house.
4) Water from the garbage can may be used to flush the toilet, wash your hands or bathe.
5) To 'bathe' take a couple small buckets of water from the garbage can and place in a basin. Then use a cup to splash water from the basin on your body.
6) Every day put SPF 50 sunscreen on your exposed parts of your skin. Then walk outside in 90-100 degree F weather. Ideally it should be very dusty. That way the dusty sticks to your sweat and sunscreen.
7) Repeat the above instructions daily, you may wash in water from the garbage can with the understanding that there is a water shortage and it will be very difficult to replace the water you use. This means if you have long hair - you probably won't end up washing it more than once a week. Wash hands, face and feet to look presentable for work in the hospital.
8) After 2 weeks, turn your water back on and enjoy a long hot shower! I bet you will really enjoy it!