Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Polyamphora

I am a Mormon.  Well, maybe not in the technical sense, but some days I think I have three wives.  You see, I have two daughters.

My eldest daughter had a sleepover last night, and the thunder caused a change in plans.  The girls were going to sleep in a tent in the backyard, but decided to pitch the tent in the basement instead.  The basement is where my bathroom is, and so I wouldn’t disturb the campers this morning, I showered in the upstairs bathroom.  The normally “Girls Only!” bathroom.

What a difference.  The shower in my bathroom contains:

  • one bar of soap
  • one bottle of shampoo

The shower in the upstairs bathroom contains:

  • one bar of soap
  • two facecloths
  • three “pouffs” (is that what they’re called?)
  • 12 (twelve!) bottles of assorted shampoos, body washes, face washes, shower gels, and other things I had no idea existed

And to think, in a pinch, I could do without either the shampoo or the bar of soap.  For days.