So there I was

So there I was, standing butt-naked with a resolve, on a cold marble floor, with the water running out of the bucket only a foot and a half away from my feet. The temperature was supposedly 9 degrees Celcius i.e. 48.2 degree Fahrenheit. I was warmish having come back from my walk. I was going to to do it. I gingerly, while psyching myself, stepped into the puddle of the water that was running away and then quickly stepped out. A sudden breeze from outside came in from the open window. I felt my hair tingle and stand up to proctect my bare skin and they would have succeeded a few million years ago, when I was still hanging out in the trees and eating bananas. But now there were too few of them, and there gesture was like an old dog snarling without teeth, pitiful.
I wasn't going to back down. I filled up a large plastic cup with the cold water and held it high above my head and said aaaaaaahhh!
Then I brought it back down realizing how freaking cold it probably was. I decided I needed to yell something as I did it. The non-specific aaaahhh! wasn't cutting it. Most people take the name of their respective lords. But I am not most people, so I decided on something else. The cup was held at belly-button level.
With a single motion I dumped the water on myself screaming, "Arthropods!" Second cup, "Trilobites!!". Third Cup, "Darwin!!" and so on...
If you have ever jumped into Lake Michigan on an october morning, you can get close to the feeling. If you haven't try it. You would either thank me or the paramedics afterwards.
But the feeling afterwards when I emptied the whole bucket on myself was great. I am going to
try this whenever I feel things are a bit slow. It sure peps up the morning.