Thursday, April 22, 2021

Cold Showers and Ear Worms

I wake up with an ear worm every morning. Today, it was "To Feel My Love", written by Bob Dillon but covered by a lot of artists including Billy Joel and Adele.

Yesterday, it was the Smokey the Bear song. 

"With a Ranger Hat and shovel and a pair of dungarees, you can find him in the forest always sniffin' at the breeze. People stop and pay attention when he tells them to beware. Cuz' everybody knows that he's the fire prevention bear."

I'm old school so it is Smokey THEE Bear. I don't go for any of that Smokey Bear Wokeness.

It is official now. The Cold Shower Start is part of my morning routine. I've been doing it since the first of the year. My original intent was to bring a little discomfort into my otherwise comfortable existence. And it does do that. I kind of shudder every time I get in the shower and reach for the handle. But there's something else I've come to realize it brings me. A sense of exhilaration. It is exhilarating to stand under that cold stream and endure it. Especially while singing the Smokey the Bear song.   

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