After eating my Peanut Butter and Jam English muffin, I bathed. Rarely do I take a shower because I feel taking a shower is sort of the lower class of a bath. Taking a shower means you have to do something at great speed, or the only purpose is to clean yourself. But alas, a bath is one taking over time, even denying time to soak themselves in a small body of water. Today I took a scented bath (smells like a forest in some imaginary land) while reading the play "
My grandfather on my mother's side, who died before I was born, was an insurance claims adjuster who specialized in accidents in the home. He raised my mother to have an abject terror of home accidents, especially in the bathroom. Statistics back him up. My mother, in turn, passed that paranoia on to me. Standing while taking a shower terrifies me. Rubber mats and non-slip appliques are havens for fungi, but showering without them is taking your life in your hands. Or your feet, to be precise. Taking an actual bath is the only rational solution to this problem.
My grandfather on my mother's side, who died before I was born, was an insurance claims adjuster who specialized in accidents in the home. He raised my mother to have an abject terror of home accidents, especially in the bathroom. Statistics back him up. My mother, in turn, passed that paranoia on to me. Standing while taking a shower terrifies me. Rubber mats and non-slip appliques are havens for fungi, but showering without them is taking your life in your hands. Or your feet, to be precise. Taking an actual bath is the only rational solution to this problem.