The difference is hot and cold

What is it about a hot shower?

And I don't mean a warm shower, or a comfortable one. I mean a hot one. Stinging. Steaming. And then there's that point where once your body becomes acclimated, turning it up JUST a little more and once again the rush of pins and needles comes over you. Ahhhhh. There's nothing like it. After such a shower, you get out with your skin mottled and pink, and the heat stays with you for the short duration of drying and putting on a robe. I wonder if it's that core temperature being raised that I crave so, because there's nothing I like worse than being in a luke warm shower, or worse a cold one and then that treacherous moment of standing in the now quiet tub dripping and goosebumpy while reaching for the towel. I hate that moment.

I would WAY rather be hot than be cold. I wonder if the dislike of cold water and goosebumps is biological or psychological? Even on a hot day and the joy of a cold pool, I hate that initial shocking plunge. Why is that? I don't particularly dislike cold weather mind you, but something about cold water just gets to me.

But Hot. Now THAT's what I'm talking about. I don't think there's anything I like more than a clean bright shower, good water pressure, ample hot water, a variety of soapy things and a sharp razor. I think that's what heaven is going to be a lot like.