Hello friends!
Many of you have waited in anticipation for this day. Others may have waited in silent horror. But the time has now come. The hour has drawn near. The sound that water makes as it pours out of the shower head will soon be a distant memory.
For those of you who aren't aware of what I'm talking about, let me fill you in. Before the semester started, I had gotten into a conversation with friend and fellow journalism major, Mike Zientara regarding laundry. Titillating conversation, I know. I told him that I bet he couldn't go from January 19th, the first day of spring semester, to March 19th, the first day of spring break, without doing laundry. He bet he could. And as much as it pains me to write this friends, he bet right. My payment? To abstain from showering 9 days.
That's right. Now, I know what you're thinking. After the, "How stupid is she?" thought, you thought, "How in the world can she do this?" Honestly friends, your thoughts aren't too different than mine. But I see the next 9 days not only as a challenge, but as an opportunity. An opportunity to learn about the body and one's inner strength that can only come from God. And so I embark upon this journey starting this Sunday, March 28, 2010. Will you come along for the ride?
So here is how this is going to work. Every day, I will blog something new, along with posting a photo of how clean I'm going to look. I will also include a "My hair feels like...", "My skin feels like...", "I smell like..." along with my current mood. I also am committing myself to meditate on a new bible verse every day about how much the Lord loves me. I feel that this will be an encouragement to me when I'm feeling rather...well, nasty. :)
My first official post will be this Sunday as my "before" look and attitude. Watch out for it and tell your friends if you think they're up for a new kind of entertainment. But be sure to tell them that this isn't "The Real World" or some other reality show. This is real life. My life.
And so the journey begins! Friends, don't try this at home.
My hair would not survive such a journey.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, my friend. :)
I don't think mine will either, BS. But here goes nothing. :)
ReplyDeleteHaha I agree with Betsy.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any baby powder? I'm serious when I say I put it on my roots every morning. I have really oily hair as is, and it makes my hair look sooo much better!
ReplyDeleteDon't get sick Brittany!
ReplyDeleteLol, Betsy I do have baby powder, so I'm going to try this trick of yours out! We'll see how it works. :) And Sam, I don't think you can get sick from not showering...can you? All I know is that I get to sleep in more in the mornings...woo hoo! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud (not) that this plan was all conceived in my house. Is this what happens when I have friends over and feed them and house them?!?! Maybe I should start being less hospitable...
ReplyDeleteNo, Pants, I think you're good. Nothing destructive happened while I was there... though we did go through the free root beer float line TWICE that night. :)
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