Delicious Water, Drinking Some H2O

While working at my first professional job, a co-worker came over to the water cooler, which sat a few cubicles over from my own. She poured some water into her mug, leaned back, & drank it. When she finished, she stood straight up again &, with a smile on her face, exclaimed, "Mmmmm, that was some gooooood H2O!" Her delivery had me sold. Smiling too, I jumped to my feet & poured an ounce or two for myself, almost as if I were sampling it. I sort of was. I drank it delighted, yet let down. As it did taste just like ordinary water. She had been so excited for some water, so thirsty herself, that she made the water seem to be something other than it was, even for just a split second, for me.

As a kid I never considered if the water straight from the kitchen sink tasted good. It just did. I never had a problem with the taste, never thought it was dirty, or tasteless, or yucky of any sort. I drank plenty of water, though I know at that age, I drank plenty of milk too.

Then I bought my first house. As a result I found myself learning that houses nearby highways, which mine was, tend to have, well, different tasting water. I've never worked at a water company, & this occasion was decades ago, so there's no way for me to reiterate what was shared with enough precision to make as much sense as I'd like to. What I do remember is that it was suggested that I fill some plastic pitchers (of which I already owned a few) & let them sit out on the kitchen counter, sans their lids for at least a day. Then taste this water to see if it tasted "right"; it did.

This became my practice for the next many years. Eventually, due to the influence of others, & gift giving, I succumbed to one of these. By this time I was living in another house where the water didn't even taste as poorly as it had in that first house. No matter, the pitcher was there & it got used.

While living at yet another, third house, because of its location, the water, again, wasn't up to par. Due to downsizing before arriving at this third house, the initial pitcher didn't make the commute. This one seemed to be more practical for the situation. I've never been a fan of cold, refrigerator water, nor of kitchen counter appliance clutter, therefore having a narrow pitcher sitting atop the a small counter space worked well. The only task remaining became keeping these on hand.

Some people just use these. No longer living in any of these houses, & being in an area where the water is relatively reliable, I tend to just drink straight from the faucet. Well, not directly so 😊, as I wrote here, I do tend to pour water into something first, then take a drink 😂.

This company is becoming (perhaps has already become) another company like Kleenex, Velcro, Q-tips, Band-Aid, Scotch Tape, Sharpie, Wite-Out, the list goes on & is quite extensive, where just having the Brita name stands for all things water filtration devices & purification.

Keeping up with keeping the filters changed out & the pitchers full, or full enough to enjoy a glass without waiting on a few ounces to sift on through the filter's chambers, as well as occasionally getting the necessary fluoride the direct-from-the-faucet water provides, can make for quite a project of such a simple task as getting some hydration from this most basic resource: water. Whether it's enjoyed over ice, straight from the tap, hot from the kettle, cold from the back of the fridge, been accidentally sitting out in the warm sun all afternoon, or even had some flavored sugar mix like this added on in, those droplets of the compound H20 can be the best answer to the question: refreshment & nourishment. After all, approximately 70% of the human body is water.

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