Finally, running water on our road!

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We are finally getting running water on our road after 8 long years of living here. When we first moved in we had a cistern and it went dry a lot. The rest of the people on this road had wells and they also went dry a lot. Also in the winter our pipes froze often and we had to carry water. Recently, we had to start carrying water for good because my husband found a dead squirrel in the cistern and we had to quit using the water from it. We have a big heavy lid over the cistern but somehow the squirrel still got in and it was just too gross to even think of using it anymore. The rest of the people on this road decided to start a petition a couple of years ago to get a grant for running water on our road. Their reasons were because there was too much sulfur in their wells and they had to end up going to friends and families to take showers almost every night. We have been carrying water for way too long. We have to fill 2 five gallon jugs up from a pipe running off of the hill and carry it down to our house. It isn't that far but it is still hard. Then we have to heat the water up for our baths and washing dishes and other cleaning that needs done. It really sucks, especially since it is really cold out and we have to carry the water down to the house in the cold. Yeah, it kind of makes us feel like the Walton's but we will never move because we love it here too much. So after two long years of waiting on the petition to be signed and the grants to be approved, the water is being put in either tomorrow or Monday. Most everyone else on our road already have their running water but we had to wait longer because they have to go through the creek to run the lines to the house. We were starting to think they had forgotten about us and my husband has been calling the water department and they keep telling us the same thing: You will get your lines hooked up, it is just taking a little longer than usual. Yeah well, hurry up already so we can start taking showers again instead of sponge baths and so I can do the dishes with hot running water instead of waiting for it to heat up on the stove. Today, we got a nice surprise when I went outside to bring my puppy in. The water department was out there and one of the guys was standing on our bridge. He came over to me and asked if our bridge was sturdy enough to bring their equipment over. I told him that we brought our 7 ton trailer across it with no problem and the electric company brought their heavy equipment across it before. I asked him when they were going to have it hooked up and he said either Friday, tomorrow, or Monday! You cannot imagine how happy I was. At first I didn't believe him because they have been saying for weeks that ours was next on the list and it seemed we kept getting skipped. But my husband went outside to talk to them and they were setting up the water meter and the equipment they needed to measure how far down the creek they would have to dig. So Yes! We are finally going to have running water with lots and lots of pressure! Now I can take my showers at home instead of going to my moms to take them. Now we need to get a washer and dryer! Have you ever had to live without running water for a long period of time? If so, why? How did it make you feel? I can't wait! :)