Ever heard of habitat for humanity?
If not I will brief you.

Charitable organizations get together with a lot of tools
and they work on homes for the impoverished or those
really down on their luck who qualify for this program.

They do repairs, some building and general fixing up.

OK. I decided I wanted to do this, because I love people,
like to fix things up and know how to work most tools.
I even have my very own engraved tools with
yellow handles:) (beaming proudly)

I meet up with these people who I do not know and we head to
the low country with all of our gear.

The trip is a good 3-4 hours.

Half-way there on the road ahead was a five car pile up on a busy
Interstate highway.


Several fire trucks, emergency vehicles, police cars..

And guess who was needy of a bathroom stop? Here I am with a
group of people..mostly men. And I really have to p**. Held it for over an
hour...the traffic tied up for 2 hours! You have never seen such a
mess!

I reached a point where I could no longer cross my legs, count to 100, and
hum the national anthem.

My head was splitting and all I could do was excuse myself, sprint across the five lanes of highway and head for the bulrushes.

Man, there were no trees...just a lot of shoulder high itchy coarse grass stuff and bugs....maybe snakes.

All to do was to squat right there in my red tee shirt and white overalls knowing that I was the free entertainment for all the on-lookers peering out their windows.
Forget modesty, right?

Anyway, if nothing else, it made a fun story and eliminated a lot of small talk!
Hasn't stopped me from going back, though, and we always sign up for the same carpool!

~gourmet~

Wondering if anybody has had a similar experience…….:faint:

While in college I was the only female on a construction crew who did not believe in porta potties. :eek: Well, I've never been one to be uncomfortable for long periods of time. I learned to close my eyes and pretend I was sitting on a nice clean white toilly and ignore the hoots from onlookers.

On our way to California we stopped at a gas station with no stalls :eek: help but chuckle at the line of women looking at the toilets as if they were their natural enemy. I grabbed Lexi's hand, butted to the front of the line and held a blanket up and grinned over my shoulder at the lady behind me and told her if you hold it for me I'll hold it for you. She readily accepted. When everyone had finally used the toilet I had to go again!!!! When we finally got out of there and I related the story to my husband he just laughed and asked why we need stalls. :eek:

On the same trip we stopped in the middle of the desert so I could go outside. Nobody around, no cars, no houses thought I was safe. From behind a bluff flying slow and low was a Air Force helicopter it shocked me so much I ended up having to change my pants :mad: and they were all laughing at me even my stupid husband.

I NO longer pass up a potty break!!!! :p

I already told you my take of going outside...... :D

I know Habitat for Humanity I've wanted to get involved in that but haven't so good for you ! :)

fasttalkingmom ! Deep down I must have been thinking about YOU (big ol' knowing grin)

LOL! Through out the years I have had ADD women friends...shock from the people we are with...yawn....whatever! from me :)


I get stage fright myself... :(

lmbo stage fright now thats funny!!!!

Memories.............

4th of July two years ago.

"Gourmet" goes down to the art center in the wee hours to fetch something from the studio......

I did not take the cement stairs to the second floor because I had hurt my foot the week before............instead, I took the elevator.

The wind was picking up outside.....we were getting ready for a nice summer thunder storm, so I tried to be quick.
I didn't want to get soaked on the way back to the car....seeing as how I left the house without my umbrella :rolleyes:



So I grab what it was I came for and got back on the elevator just in time for the power to go out.


Need I go on?
I was caught between floors....alone in the dark......ALONE in an elevator.




"Now get ahold of yourself......the power will be back shortly." Nope.

Where is my cell phone? On the kitchen table re-charging. :rolleyes:


My mind began racing. "Someone will miss me.....oh....but my husband is away on a gig".
"Well....worst scenerio....I will have to stick it out until 9 tomorrow morning and then I will have a great story to tell...haha."

But no.........this is Sat.
And uh oh.......it's the 4th of July, it's a long weekend.

"Worst case scenerio...so I go without water and food for a couple of days. People do it all the time and survive. This could be a true test of will and strength."


Okay....................so guess who has to tinkle?



To make a long story longer......the power returned before I had to resort to the corner of a 3x4ft elevator. Caterers came in to set up for a private event being held at the center and released me from that torture chamber by calling 911. I nearly knocked the firemen over barreling for the ladie's room.

Wouldn't you call that an emergency???


When I got home, my 11 year old son said "Wow, mom, bet you had to pee like a race horse!'........

Since then, I am affectionately known as "race horse" anytime a bathroom break is suggested. :faint:


~gourmet~

The funniest potty experince I had was with my mother in France. We found all kinds of unusual public beach pottys... holes in the floors too full out nice ones. But one was designed to be self cleaning (we didn't know). You have to pay by putting this coin in the slot and the light turns green, to open the door. Well I go in first...

EVERYTHING is stainless steel the toilet, sink, walls, floor, celing, everything.... and it's all automatic, when I walk in the toilet seat comes down the sink turns on, the air dryer turns on, even the toilet paper folds out of the wall... ok I think wierd but whatever. I do my business and open the door.

Well me and my mom figure we'll save some coin and she'll sneak in after me... lol yeah right she goes in and all I hear is her screaming "woohoo ahh eeee" and runs out of the bathroom soaking wet from the knees down. Aparently when the door closes again the toilet seat goes up, toilet paper goes away, sink and air turn off and then.... water shoots out of the bottom of the walls down the drain, cleaning everything. After all this is a beach bathroom so it's cleaning the sand and stuff, well she got soaked and couldn't use the put away bathroom so we had to use another coin anyway....
stupid tourists, lol

Pigeon OMG that is a riot LOL
And thanks for the tip if any of us ever travel there LOL