Ahhhh.

[jmfargo]

There's nothing like a nice, hot, relaxing shower at any time of day to get me in a better mood, with a more awake body. I know most people go for cold showers to wake themselves, or warm showers to clean themselves, but to me it's hot or nothing baby!
So, normally I turn on the faucet in the bath, hot all the way up, cold about a quarter of a turn. I have it to the point where I don't really have to check the water or anything, I just know the right levels to spin those little dials to. That's right, I'm that good. Of course, ask me to set it to anything BUT hot and I have a problem.

Today, just a little while ago, I decided to take an oath that I would check it before-hand every single time.

I stepped in after the appropriate time of letting it warm up, the room was getting slightly fogged up, a good sign to me. After roughly five seconds, my feet decided to talk to my brain.

FEET: Hey, brain, you awake this morning?
BRAIN: What? Huh? Who's talking to me?
FEET: Well, just had a quick message for you, in case you didn't know.
BRAIN: Oh, feet! How've you been? What's the message?
FEET: OWWWWW! HOT! WATER HOT! FEET GETTING BOILED ALIVE! ABORT! ABORT! ABORT! ABORT!
BRAIN: It can't be that bad, let's try pointing the shower head at the rest of me, and even out the heat! That's a GREAT idea!

A brief micro-second later, the body joined into the conversation.

BODY: WHAT THE *&%% ARE YOU DOING, YOU IDIOT!? THAT'S HOT!

5 second pause while brain catches up to the conversation.

BRAIN: Oh, you know, I might have forgotten to turn the cold water on...

Yeah. Always checking beforehand now. No more red feet.

But man, it kind of felt good after the pain. I love hot showers, what can I say?

Comments

[lycaonvulpes.livejournal.com]

I second that notion...it's hot showers or nada! Says the girl who sleeps with a heavy comforter during summer. XD

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

Hot showers all the way!

Windows open in the wintertime when it's sleep-time!

Yeah, I'm strange. :)

[cieo.livejournal.com]

My building (dorm) recently went through water troubles. For about a week, the water temperature would fluctuate during the shower, going from dangerously hot (seriously), to Alaska cold. It was NOT pleasant. Apparently, enough people complained that now it never gets any better than suitably warm. :(

[akdidge.livejournal.com]

--...to Alaska cold. --

Hey glacier fed showers are 'teh best'! :D

[cieo.livejournal.com]

I like my showers just short of scalding. Not scalding, but almost.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

I took a scaldingly hot shower once!

[akdidge.livejournal.com]

I like my showers cold, if I must take a shower that's not cold, I prefer luke warm. I know I'm strange, but that's the way I like my showers. I think it has something to do from when I was a kid. I'd go fishing with my dad for a weekend and we'd go up to the nearest laundromat which had pay showers. He'd give me five dollars worth of quarters for the shower. Well being the little entrepreneur that I was I realized that the cold water was free while you had to pay money to get the hot water. So I naturally pocketed the quarters and would take a cold shower. Sure I felt like an ice cube for awhile but I guarantee that nothing, but nothing, makes you learn how to take a quick shower like a cold shower does. ;)

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

I marvel at your childhood ingenuity just as much as I goggle at the thought of taking a cold shower. I used to do this thing where I shocked my body with the hot water when I got in, and for the last minute or so I shocked it with extremely cold water - then I realized that I hated it, and stopped.

Also? I take quicker showers than almost anyone I know when I'm not purposely taking a long hot soak. Maria always marvels at how fast I'm finished with my shower. *shrugs*