I cheated last night. The doc said that I could swim & take baths at the 4-week mark (which is tomorrow), but my sutures are healed closed, and I felt like taking a bubble bath … so I did. 🙂

I seldom take baths, primarily because they take longer than showers, and time is a hot commodity in my life. Also, they seem more like a luxurious treat than an actual bathing experience, because I never feel rinsed off — I always feel soapy when I emerge from the water, and I don’t like washing my hair in the tub for that same reason.

The one time I really like taking baths – and this was my rationale last night – is when I get to the very bottom of a bottle of shower gel. There isn’t enough left to squeeze out, but if you uncap it and run it under the faucet, you can rinse out the bottle to toss in the recycling bin later AND get a tubful of bubbles, as well!

Bubbles + a few minutes of Me Time = Happy Ang