Jennifer's Joyous Journal

All Clean

I took 4 showers on Sunday! I've never been so well bathed in my life.

The first was in the morning, before church. Since I washed my hair yesterday, I used this shower to shave my legs - something that I'm kinda surprised I'm still able to do in my advanced state of pregnancy.

The second was to remove the vaseline from my body after Elizabeth did my belly mold (which looks absolutely wonderful). I had to scrub my belly at least 3 times during this shower, and I still don't think I got all the vaseline off.

The third was unplanned but exceedingly necessary. Stepan and I took a long walk through Walnut Creek Park with the O'Reilly's. The walk was longer than any of us really wanted it to be, but that was because we witnessed a lone mountain biker take a tumble down a steep embankment. He wasn't seriously injured (nothing gushing blood and no head trauma), but he thought he may have broken his wrist. Since he had gotten separated from his trail buddies, we felt obligated to help him and his bike to the parking lot (the opposite direction from home). That's not why I had to take a 3rd shower though. The park is amazingly overgrown this year with all kinds of grasses and wildflowers. On a particularly steep ascent from a creek crossing, we all got covered in brambles and burrs from the overgrown grass. In the past, I've exhibited signs of skin sensitivity to some grasses so in order to avoid a rash or itching, I took a shower as soon as I got home.

The fourth started out as my nightly bath. A routine I got into when I developed hemerroids and also when we started our perineum massage. I always rinse in the shower afterwards. To avoid taking yet another shower on Monday, I went ahead and washed my hair.

And hence, I got to bed extremely clean.

Posted by jfer at September 19, 2004 11:45 PM