I Actually Caught Myself Grumbling This Morning

I am so ashamed of myself. There I was trying to get a shower this morning and low and behold the water is secured. I started gritchin to myself about it and getting all sulky. I was going to have to go through the day dirty with only a wetwipe sponge bath and it is just gonna suck. After all I hadn't had a shower in almost twenty-four hours. Then it suddenly occurred to me what a king size wuss I was being. I remember back in September of 1862 in the field near Sharpsburg MD, the regiment and I went for over seven days dressed in 100% wool with out so much as a sprinkle of water on our filthy bodies. We were ripe but happier than a pig in a poke. Being a little on the dirty side didn't seem to bother me then. Then just a few months ago in 1863 in the field near Gettysburg PA we went for 5 days in the height of the sweltering summer without a shower. I don't remember if such a animal as a shower even existed. Even the mule teams smelled better than we did. Well there weren't' nary a creek to rinse of in. We got doused in a warm rain as I recall but that only served to keep the wool of our uniforms nice and clammy. And to think I was whining because I couldn't get a shower for maybe 30 hours and I had plenty of wipes to give myself a sponge bath with. I tell you, my 21st century self has really gone soft!

TO THE TYRANT NEVER YIELD