The Unhygienic Journey: Day 8

I never thought I'd be saying this so soon friends, but only 24 hours remain in my unhygienic journey! The past 8 days have gone by so quickly, I can't believe it! I must admit that I am excited to get underneath the water tomorrow, friends. I have grand plans for my evening cleansing: lathering huge amounts of shampoo and soap into my hair and skin along with large amounts of shaving cream to make my legs silky smooth again. Ah, it's going to be glorious. Normally I spend about 10 minutes in the shower, but I might have to spend almost 20 minutes just to soak up all of that good water. :) But here's today's update:

My hair is like 20 shades darker than it normally is (don't let the photo above deceive you) and it is starting to look its worst. I can't stand it anymore! :)

My skin feels like it is more hydrated than it has all week! It's a bit red in places and my scalp continues to itch but the majority of it feels great!

I smell kinda blah. It suddenly got really humid today and that has not helped my attempts in staying sweet-smelling and dry. :)

My mood is overwhelmed. There's been a lot of events today that have drowned my spirits a bit, and being gross on top of it all is a little frustrating to me right now but knowing that tomorrow is the day, I can wait until then. :)

I'm going to save my final reflections for my last day of no showering tomorrow, so stay tuned for the great conclusion to The Unhygienic Journey! Thanks so much for your support, friends! You know, I was thinking back to the article that I posted about the woman in the UK who went 6 weeks without showering and her biggest complaint during her experience was that she lost so many close friends during that time of abstaining from showering. That's the biggest difference between her and I (and, of course, the extra 5 weeks of total gross-ness) but I will end this journey with the same great friends that I had when I began! Praise God!

Tomorrow's scripture comes from 1 John and is sitting in a frame in my room:

"Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another...Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him...There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear...We love because He first loved us." -1 John 4:11-19, excerpts

Love comes from God, friends. We only are able to love because He loved us first. The challenge is to love others with that same kind of love. Let us be image bearers of God's perfect love. Amen!