My latest funny/slightly embarrassing story.

This past weekend we had a youth leader retreat at one of the church staff member's houses. Super cool house on a small lake...huge windows, lots of trees...really neat. Because the house is pretty secluded there weren't any curtains on any of the windows...always makes me a little nervous but I figure if they can live there full time, I can spend one night right? Anyway...so after our evening sessions are over, we have game/free time for the rest of the evening. While I'm not a stay up late person at all, somehow I found myself with the night owls playing cards. Come 2am I decide I'm not going to be a happy camper or able to make breakfast for all these people in the morning if I don't go to bed ASAP.

I decide I should take a shower before bed because (1) I don't want to have to wake up any earlier than I have to & (2) I smell a little like smoke from the fire we built outside. I get my stuff & head into this huge master bathroom...a queen size bed could fit in here people!...the shower is situated in such a way that while there is no door or shower curtain, it's enough "around a corner" that I feel mostly safe. So keep in mind...no shower curtain, also no curtains on the ceiling level windows. I decide to commit. Now comes the task of figuring out how to turn the shower on...there are 5 shower heads. Five! One up top like a normal shower head & four aiming straight out from the walls. There are two handles...one appears to be the one used to adjust the water from hot to cold & the other just turns around in a circle & nothing happens. After pulling, turning & tugging on both of them I finally get water to come out of the top shower head. I adjust it to the right temperature....so far so good. I hurry because there's so many windows in there & it is 2:20-ish by now.

Suddenly I realize I don't know how to turn the shower off. I turn the handle that spins around & water comes out of each of the 5 shower heads....one at a time...whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...up top...whoosh. No matter how many times I turn it the water just keeps coming from every angle. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...up top...whoosh. I can adjust it's temperature with the other handle but can't for the life of my turn it off. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...up top...whoosh. I see the clock...2:30...the thought goes through my mind...could I just leave it on? Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...up top...whoosh. Surely not that much water would be wasted in the next few hours till someone else gets up who can figure this out. But my competitive side told me failure was not an option & I had to figure this out. I keep turning handles....whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...up top...whoosh. I'm laughing and frustrated but don't know what else to do! I push at the handles in frustration & they turn off!...the temperature handle just needed to be pushed in...apparently I'd pulled it out to turn the water on initially, but I have no recollection of this. Relief washes over me (get it...washes...shower...whoosh..)...I can finally go to bed now. As tired as I was I did laugh about the whole event for a while...even while lying in bed...it was funny!

That's my story! And...it's my half birthday today! Happy Half Birthday to me!