First World Annoyances

[Elfmama]

For those who might have no water a little longer than that (or those who are camping and don't want to go wandering in the night to find a privy) might want to invest in a bucket of clumping cat litter.  When nature calls, take the lid off and use the litter in exactly the way your cat does.  Dispose of the used litter as needed. 

Got this from an SCA member who was heavily pregnant during the Pennsic War, and didn't want to make the hike to the privy 2 or 3 times a night.

[snowdragon]

You're fortunate to have access to a work shower (even though I'd want to bleach the heck out of thing thing before using it). In my last place, the one bathroom went out leaving me with no toilet or shower access. This is NOT a good thing and I was thoroughly squicked out. It didn't help that it was August, and hot, hot, hot.

Fortunately, there was a small family-run food market (produce and other goods) around the corner that had two really nice bathrooms (women and men) it let customers use. The shower was harder, but what I did was to shower twice a day in the garage with the door open just enough to admit light but not enough so anyone could see under it past my knees. (Not that anyone could see without peeking.) I turned on the garden hose, had soap, shampoo/conditioner, towels, etc. with me. The water was *cold* at first but after five minutes or so felt warm, almost too warm by the end of it. I thoroughly scrubbed and felt really clean each day. Not something I would care to repeat again, but entirely do-able. And much better than being without a shower.

  Get gallons of water from whereever you can. you can then "manually flush" the toilet by pour water into it. It should work the same way as when you wash the floor and dump the water down it the toilet flushes - at least ours will.