Most of the time, it’s going the extra mile, like scrubbing the heels extra, maybe paying more attention than usual to body parts that aren’t high maintenance. That kind of thing.
Sometimes, it’s pampering myself. Breaking out all the goodies that don’t get you cleaner, they just feel or smell good. Like those fancy sugar scrubs or whatever.
Others, it’s just sitting in the heat because my muscles are hurting from staying tight because the rest of me is hurting. Ngl, I kinda count that as pampering too, but it isn’t exactly the same thing all the way.
Every now and then, I’m lost in thought. Okay, I’m pretty much always lost in thought while doing any of that, but sometimes I get lost early enough in the process that what was meant to be a quick shower ends up long because the motor got running, but it didn’t get put in gear. If I’m already deep in my head when I sit down (disability usually requires a shower bench), I may entirely neglect to grab anything to actually get started bathing until something interrupts the thought chain.
I just got out of the shower, btw. And I can’t remember a damn thing about the process other than grabbing various products and using them. If I couldn’t tell by smell and feel, I could have been washing my beard with my wife’s vanilla smelling stuff, or a bottle of mouthwash for all I actually remember of what I was doing. I know I’m clean because my body feels clean, and I can smell that I grabbed the right products, but there’s no real recollection of specifics.
I know that I was in there twenty minutes or so based on what time I went to get started vs when I opened my lemmy app. But it could have been hours, or a few minutes for all I can remember of being in there.
Mind you, I got some stuff done in my head. A short story I’ve been pondering on how to start, plans for when I go out tomorrow, a conclusion about the hierarchy of needs of a neighborhood issue, some relived fond memories, some budgeting, and a partial grocery list. Plus a whole bunch of random thoughts and imagery that just flashed through.
Depends.
Most of the time, it’s going the extra mile, like scrubbing the heels extra, maybe paying more attention than usual to body parts that aren’t high maintenance. That kind of thing.
Sometimes, it’s pampering myself. Breaking out all the goodies that don’t get you cleaner, they just feel or smell good. Like those fancy sugar scrubs or whatever.
Others, it’s just sitting in the heat because my muscles are hurting from staying tight because the rest of me is hurting. Ngl, I kinda count that as pampering too, but it isn’t exactly the same thing all the way.
Every now and then, I’m lost in thought. Okay, I’m pretty much always lost in thought while doing any of that, but sometimes I get lost early enough in the process that what was meant to be a quick shower ends up long because the motor got running, but it didn’t get put in gear. If I’m already deep in my head when I sit down (disability usually requires a shower bench), I may entirely neglect to grab anything to actually get started bathing until something interrupts the thought chain.
I just got out of the shower, btw. And I can’t remember a damn thing about the process other than grabbing various products and using them. If I couldn’t tell by smell and feel, I could have been washing my beard with my wife’s vanilla smelling stuff, or a bottle of mouthwash for all I actually remember of what I was doing. I know I’m clean because my body feels clean, and I can smell that I grabbed the right products, but there’s no real recollection of specifics.
I know that I was in there twenty minutes or so based on what time I went to get started vs when I opened my lemmy app. But it could have been hours, or a few minutes for all I can remember of being in there.
Mind you, I got some stuff done in my head. A short story I’ve been pondering on how to start, plans for when I go out tomorrow, a conclusion about the hierarchy of needs of a neighborhood issue, some relived fond memories, some budgeting, and a partial grocery list. Plus a whole bunch of random thoughts and imagery that just flashed through.
That’s what I’m doing in there :)
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