Ultimate Relaxation.

I had this headache yesterday that would not go away. I had some caffeine at work to see if it would help, and it didn't. I then went to the gym afterwards and spent some time on the treadmill which often aids in getting rid of my headaches, but no such luck that day. Finally, when I came home, I realized that not only would this headache not quit, but I was starting to feel grumpy and stressed and just really tired. So I decided to turn my bathroom into as relaxing a place as possible while I showered.

I turned off all the lights, and lit a few candles, opened the window and let the moonlight shine in, and turned on my Enya album. In the shower I used my most soothing body scrub, a lavendar chamomile one whose smell continues to linger even after the body scrub has been rinsed away. I let the hot water pound my forehead, skull and neck in the places I could feel the tension, and felt it dissapate (I'm all for water conservation, but there's something to be said for a nice, long shower and nobody will ever convince me otherwise). After, I sat resting against the edge of the tub, wrapped up in my towel listening to the relaxing music but focusing on and appreciating the quietness in my head and the lack of tension. It's like after you get a massage, you realize how relaxed and loose you feel, and simultaneously how strange that feels, because it's so foreign. It's like you forget what you were missing, what it's like to be, well, relaxed, without all that stress and tension build up. This was a similar feeling.

Best idea ever.