Sometimes when I take a shower Pearl also wants one.

That is my indication that I should adjust the stream to “fine spray” (just the way he likes it) and let him sit under the spray for a bit.

But most of the time Pearl’s enthusiasm for shower time has more to do with the highly reflective quality of the shower door rim.

While I’m soaping and scrubbing, he is posturing and contorting, all the while delivering a steady stream of appreciative self-esteem-boosting chirps.