Pros and Cons of the Mandi

Pros:
I feel like a cute baby elephant showering myself with my trunk.
Cold water can sure wake you up or cool you down, two good things here.
The mandi pail usually works a lot better than the sad trickle from the shower head. Anyway, what’s a shower without hot water.

Cons:
If I did have hot water, I wouldn’t be mandi-ing very often, let’s be honest.
I love contemplating in a nice hot shower.
If you’re tired and just don’t want to use your arms to operate the water, let’s face it, a mandi will not cut it.
In the morning, I sometimes just can’t force myself to make my heart race so rapidly with freezing cold water.
With thin walls, I get to hear my neighbor’s mandis which usually include a serenade intermittently interrupted by disgustingly painful sounding throat-clearing. Ick!