In the category of "you don't miss until it's gone," I have been without running water since Monday morning.  (After many phone calls, plumber visits, electrician visits, we determined that the culprit was the power supply to the main house (chaperone to our carriage house) was shut off by the former tenants, thus disabling the electric water pump from the well.)

Do you have any idea how much water it takes to flush the toilet - just once?  We have a low-flow toilet, and it takes 3 full gallons of water to fill the tank - I figure about a gallon a flush.  Those gallons mean a hell of a lot more when you're buying them at the store, and lugging them upstairs simply to flush the toilet a couple of times a day.

No showers, no cooking meals, dishes piling up in the sink; the thought of laundry is almost sinfully wasteful right now.  I keep forgetting and trying to turn the faucet on to brush my teeth, fill a vase of flowers, wipe down the counter.  

I notice this every time I go camping; water is precious.  A few tablespoons and you can brush your teeth, wash your face and get ready for bed.  But living at home doesn't easily accomodate a lack of water scenario;  I now have apocalyptic visions of a future wherein we hoard $20 gallons of rain water (the filtered stuff is $100/gallon) and stories of swimming pools, baths, and lawn sprinklers on a July afternoon are like science fiction to the young.