bathroom talk

ok this is not glamorous but again it's different from the states and so,upon encouragement from mom again, thought i'd share.  over here if you ask to go to the bathroom you might not get a toilet.  there are 2 rooms in most houses, if you're lucky just one, and if you're really lucky it's inside!  there's the bathroom where the mirror, shower, and the sink are.  then there's the toiletna or what we call the toilet.  if you have to use the bathroom, doing the "pee pee" dance, you have to ask for the toiletna.  and lots of times you have to be prepared with toilet paper; that's what they sell the little packs of kleenex for.  some places give you toilet paper when you pay.  yes that's right.  a little aside here...  when i was in MYF at church for part of a fundraiser we made people pay to use the bathroom.  we put up a little box on the doors and collected our "pee fee."  well here there is a "pee fee."  and it's more expensive than ours was, 40-50 stutinkie, or cents.    like other parts of the world, in the Dominican Republic at least, the toilet paper doesn't go in the toiletna.  there's a small waste basket for that.  the toilet paper doesn't go into the toiletna b/c the drainage system can't handle paper too and we don't want to clog the system.  also, and i'll leave this up to your imaginations to finish this thought, there's really no suction either, it's kinda like when you flush the toilet new water drains in and that's really all.  i think that's all you would want me to say on that but if you need me to spell it ot putting th etoilet paper in the toilet out i will.  think about the other number and that's all i'm going to say.  now i'm lucky!  i have a toilet and a sink/mirror/shower in the same room but not everyone is so lucky.  part of the reason, i think, why some bulgarians don't shower everyday is b/c the shower is outside the house along with the toiletna.  nargis, my counterpart, has a bathroom and toiletna outside.  i really gotta say i don't know how they do it!  i don't think i'd shower everyday either!  another kinda unique thing about showering and bathrooms over here is that your shower IS the bathroom which means when i shower in the mornings my whole bathroom gets wet, there's no curtain or divider, but on the other hand i don't have to worry if i make a mess or spill water everywhere!  and my bathroom floor is cement or concrete which is great for drying, as opposed to carpet or a rug, but will be seriously cold when winter gets here!   it's different i gotta say but i got used to not putting the toilet paper in the toilet when in was in the DR so that wasnt so new for me.  what will be hard is, when i get back to the states after 2 yrs or whenever, remembering to put the toilet paper in the toilet and not in the trashcan!   love to all!