No cold water?

So everyone knows it’s wayyyyyy too hot here in Osaka, but this is a little crazy.
I guess the water pipes are close to the surface or to the outside walls of the houses because at school when I turn on the COLD water to wash or when I flush the toilet WARM water comes out!!!! Okay, I think I’m going to have to explain the toilet thing. Japanese toilets (in houses) have a sink like thing (for lack of a better word) so you can rinse off your hands with the water that’s going to fill up the toilet bowl. It’s a good idea, I think; conserve water and all that. When it first happened, I talked to Yukari about it and she said that some days when its been hot for a long time she has to run the water for a while to get cold water. We joked that in America (with hot water heaters) you can run out of hot water, but in Japan you can run out of cold water!

I think I'll put up a picture of a toilet someday,,,,, I never thought I would ever say/type that!