What do you mean yours don't mean as much as others'? I'd be posting the exact same thing! If I go 3 or 4 days without a shower I'm itchy as all itchy and that's enough to drive a person to distraction right there, nevermind the hot water issue. I've btdt. Do you not have electricity on the stove to heat a pot of water to make a quick bath? Neighbor? Getting a hot shower will at least get you feeling better. As for the state, they cut off my foodstamps w/o rhyme or reason and never got back to my letters or phone calls. Is there a church nearby that you can get free meals? If it were warmer, I'd say go stand in someone's sprinkler. I would! Soap and everything. Who gives a beep is my theory.