My Sanctuary

So, I was reading in the paper today about ways to live greener and one easy suggestion was to use less hot water by washing clothes only using cold, shortening showers or turning down the water heater.  Well, I'm all for trying to do my part for the environment, but it's hard to budge on this one.  My showers are my sanctuary.  I love to take really long ones with really hot water.  Here's a secret, too-I take my showers in the dark with all the lights off whenever possible.  This is a little trick I experimented with as a kid and then grew to love when I was a working gal and had to be at my desk by 7:00 a.m. because even though I was technically awake, it felt like the day hadn't quite begun.  Now that I'm a mom, I feel just as passionately about my showers because it's one of the few opportunities in the day I have to just be by myself and think.  It's my time of carefree relaxation.  I'm sure all the moms out there would agree with me.  How many of us have waited until 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon to shower only to melt once that hot water starts running down our backs?  Ahhhhh!  So, I'll continue with my showers and make sure my recycling bins overfloweth instead.