Life Altering Events

Every now and again something will happen that takes your life to the next level.  Up until this point, my life has been heightened by what I like to consider "normal" things, such as travel, food, books, music, etc.  These normal things have helped to shape me and make me who I am today, and they are considered normal because I have access to them whenever I please.  

Well, this morning I was faced with an opportunity to heighten my life again.  I stood there staring at the shower in my cousin's room and knew that once I stepped in, there was no turning back.  Did I want to do this to myself?  Once you have experienced nice things, it's hard to go back to what you had before.  I can't go back to VHS now that I have DVDs.  I can't go back to Nintendo after having played a Playstation 3.  And now, now I have to go back to bad showers after having experienced the most amazing shower of my life.  

Every shower I've ever had, up until this point, was considered the best shower of my life as long as it met the criteria: the proper temperature and the proper amount of time.  Simple, right?  It doesn't take a lot to have an amazing shower.  So, what about this shower that I had today made it so special that I have to blog about it?  Picture this: 3 shower heads coming out of the wall, plus a detachable massaging shower head and a rain fall shower head from above.  Also, there was a water temperature control gage.  One by one, I began to turn knobs in the shower, and one by one something started to spray the perfect temperature of water.  I knew even before I got in there that I was making a huge mistake.  And as I stood there, not wondering if I had gotten all of the shampoo out of my hair or all of the soap off my body, because with water hitting you from every angel, you don't have to worry about those things, I started to think of every shower I had had in the past and how they just didn't compare.

Sadly, I turned off the water and then spent another 5 minutes just standing in there, wrapped in my towel.  Oh, I think that I failed to mention that this shower also doubles as a steam room.  It has the tile bench that you could sit on and steam, if you wanted to.  I did not.  I thought that it would be best for me to not become delusional and start to pretend that I could afford luxury items like this.  One day.  One day I will have an amazing shower like that, and then every shower will once again be the best shower ever.