soak in hot water, then in cold water, repeat

[cjsmith]

For alternating hot and cold soaks, of course I'd use the hot tub, right?

This led to me balancing half-clothed on the slippery edge of a hot tub and swinging my legs around to stick my toes in a pan of ice water. Yikes it was cold.

Important Safety Tip: this causes full-body flinching! Being mentally prepared for the shock didn't seem to matter. Fortunately, every time I did this I managed to just save myself from pitching over backwards into the water. This is especially lucky because the smallest timer I could carry out there was my laptop.

Given the way my luck's been going the rest of the day, I'd say I'm about even now. Fortunately the laptop is now safely indoors.

Comments

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm with Mary. I would have gone with pans of water, but I'm not as creative as you.

Glad you didn't fall in :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) I got the hot tub idea when I read the suggested temperature range. The temperature of the water in the hot tub is known and sufficient. I don't have the right kind of thermometer for heating stuff on the stove. (All the people with well-stocked kitchens, including little TIMERS, are probably snickering now!)