I have had an ongoing battle with showers since around 7th grade when I hit 5'8" and realized that the majority of showers in the world were built for midgets. The shower head of every hotel I've ever been to comes up to my chin, at the highest. Actually, there was ONE that was tall enough, but it was in a brand new hotel.
Hmmm... I wonder if the short shower epidemic comes from older buildings. (My apartment IS rather old. It's all making sense now.) Maybe they didn't NEED to be tall because no one was this tall yet... Therefore, I can blame evolution for this?
Wait, that makes no sense.
Anyway, I hate my shower with a passion usually reserved for things like minivans, hummers, and Hitler. I practically have to do back bends to get my hair wet. Seriously, standing up straight with the shower head pointing down, the water doesn't even touch my hair.
Demonstrating where the water hits.
THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION. Also, I seriously feel like that annoying kid while rinsing my hair. My MOM says I can do MAGIC.
Finally, this photo about sums up our relationship:
I mean, is it really so hard to add an extra foot of pipe? I'd even accept 6 inches, at least it would help. Don't people realize that most men are at least 5'9" anyway? If you are a contractor, please explain this to me.
Also, who thinks it's a good idea to put a window in a shower?
Besides the fact that she's slowly breaking my back, the wench here decides when she feels like I'm allowed to have hot, or even luke warm, water. It's hot, then it's cold. It's yes, then it's no. I jump in, I jump out. I move the head UP and DOWN.
Ok, Katy Perry moment over.
Just so this isn't a huge whine-fest, let me tell you a POSITIVE experience I had in the shower today.
As promised, I'm doing things on MJ's 18 Things To Do Whenever list more often. Today, it was working on my moves, and for some reason I chose to do this in the shower. If you think about it, it's one of the few places it's socially acceptable to dance around naked without becoming a stripper. On the other hand, the chances of slipping and cracking your head open increase considerably.
I guess it's a trade off.
Love,
Linds
PS- This made me geek out ridiculously:
(That is Maureen Johnson, author extrodinaire, responding to me on twitter.)
:D
Excellent blog today - love the photos! I on't have shower problem but I have a similar relationship with mobile phones. Either mine isn't charged when I need it, or it's charged AND there's no signal available or I have no credit left or I've left it in my other jacket pocket. The times that I actually manage to make a call are so limited, it's hardly worth me having one - especially when I can always borrow my daughters, whose always works, always has it etc. Do you think it's an age thing?
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the blog comments, Fiona!
ReplyDeleteIt could be an age thing... My mom, for example, is completely incapable of checking her messages. She can see that she missed a call, but she never goes that extra step. And she rarely answers her cell phone.
Meh, we all have our testy relationships with inanimate objects!