Sunday, February 04, 2007

Woman vs. Shower

I've started praying to the shower gods. Well not so much praying as pleading. Things like "please let the water come out of the showerhead warm" or "ok now please don't change temperature!".

You see, showering is one of those daily activities that's not supposed to take thinking. I usually hop in at some ungodly hour of the day, lather, rinse, hop out. The most complex thinking is "floral or citrus shower wash?" or "do I need to shave today?". Unfortunately, my current shower situation doesn't allow such luxury. I've had to construct a complex formula of jiggle cold knob, wait 5 seconds, test water, repeat until water is neither polar nor scalding. Then of course I ask the shower gods not to change the temp. But sometimes the toilet upstairs flushes... or maybe someone's using the laundry machine. Wait, test, repeat.

Oh well, at least I turn out clean and fresh (and only slightly pink from the occasional burst of boiling hot water).

2 comments:

Clint said...

Atleast you have a proper shower... mine is a corner of my bathroom and the whole floor gets wet whenever I shower. Also the water likes to change temperatures, and the shower curtains feels a need to touch you as soon as the water turn on. I have never appreciated a normal shower until now...

Anonymous said...

Interesting! You were so looking forward to a great shower! Hope it gets better!