I used to be a morning shower person. As most people are, I think, because you have to make yourself presentable before another challenging and rewarding day sitting at a desk. But I no longer sit at a desk all day, and this means that my shower routines have changed. They have become, like so much else in my life, seasonal.
In the winter, I still try to shower in the morning so that there's no chance of my hair being wet when I go to the unheated bedroom to sleep. Wouldn't want my hair to freeze to the wall, would I?
How I wish that were a joke.
But in the summer . . . well, in the summer I just shower when all my work is done. Since all my work--housework, outside labor, and Cubby-wrangling--is guaranteed to make me sweat when it's hot and humid*, there's really no point in trying to clean up until I'm done for the day. I used to do all my work in the morning, and then I'd shower around lunchtime. But now, as I have mentioned before, I have to do a lot of my outside work when Cubby is asleep. So I don't shower until right before bed.
This means that I spend the day in a continual descent into grossness, but OH the sweet relief of a shower after a long, hot, sticky day. It's a nice way to end the day, getting clean and cool (well, cooler) for bed.
So what about you poppets: Morning or night bather?
* As it has been all summer long and is right now--90 degrees in the bedroom when I went to bed last night, according to the handy thermometer. Cozy.
Evening, always....I sleep better clean. Also, you wake up clean and ready for the day . Much less sheet washing also this way.
ReplyDeleteAm always dirty from a long day of working outside or inside. Beth
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Definitely morning... even though as hot as it is I'm tempted to jump into the shower at night as well.
ReplyDeleteI can't wake up without a shower. I don't do coffee. This poses problems in the summer when gardening makes me hot and sweaty. Most days after sweat work, I do laps in the pool to cool down and with a hose rinse to get the chlorine out of my hair, that is usually good enough.
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Houston, the humidity was so bad that I never felt clean. Going from house to car was enough to break out in a sweat. In the summer, multiple showers a day was not unheard of.
I shower in the morning and at night. My day is not complete without at least two showers. That's right, there have been times when I've showered three times in a 24-hour period. I may have a problem. But at least I'm clean!
ReplyDeleteIn this heat multiple daily showers, some of them cold, are necessary.
ReplyDeleteShower in the morning when I go off to teach; shower in the afternoon after I spend a day working at home on the computer; shower twice a day when I am traveling (cannot explain that last one). Mary in MN
ReplyDeleteBoth.. if it's really hot and humid, need a cool shower before bed.
ReplyDeleteBut then again, sometimes it's okay to skip a day cuz God made dirt and dirt don't hurt (as long as it's not stinky *grin*)
If it's in the morning before work, I need a power massage showerhead and a whole lot of good smellin' lotion.
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Morning, always. It's funny, though, cuz Jake is a shower addict. He's been known to do three in a day. And, if it's a two-a-day he acts like I'm gross for only showering once. ??
ReplyDeleteMorning because, you know, I sit at a desk all day. That and I'd never truly wake up without a shower. I'm sometimes half asleep when I run, but as soon as I shower . . . AWAKE.
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