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Never let it be said that I don't lack brain power sometimes.

Most nights, as Christy and I get ready for bed, we let our dog, Sophie, out to go to the bathroom one last time before we turn in. Last night, we did this very thing, and after we let her back in, we noticed something smelled awful...we thought maybe it was Sophie, but looking back on it now, I can't imagine that she got to smelling that bad in that short a period of time.

We thought nothing more of it and turned out the lights to go to sleep. After a short while, it seemed to get worse...I couldn't figure out what it was, but it was keeping me awake. You know how you get this smell in your nose and even if it's not there, sometimes you continue to smell it? That's how this was...and I admit now, I was obsessed at getting rid of this smell.

For those that don't know, I'm a fairly light sleeper, and on top of that, I don't fall right to sleep every night. It usually takes me a good 20-30 minutes to fall asleep each night. Trust me, I've done everything I can think of to remedy this...and nothing works.

So it gets to be around Midnight, and I'm freaking out just a bit at this smell, trying to figure it out. I get up and smell the dog...nothing. I look under the bed, behind the dresser...I can't locate it...Christy's still asleep, so I go to try and find some sort of air freshener to get rid of the smell.

The only thing I can find is this Pumpkin-scented "room perfume"...of course, I'm not sure how this works, and it's after Midnight, and so I pretty much don't care. I take the can into the bedroom and spray it a few times...then I get back into bed and wait...

In about 10 minutes, Christy is awake with this feeling of dread...and now I'm sensing it too...it's this feeling of being covered in a chemical-like smell of pumpkins, and on top of that, I still feel as if I smell the original stench too. Christy's awake, trying to figure out what it is that's caused this horrific smell. I play dumb at first because I'm so totally embarrassed that I sprayed too much of this room perfume crap...but finally I tell her what happened. She's not too happy with me...and I don't blame her. I apologize profusely and we resign ourselves to try and get to sleep through the wave of smells pelting us in the face.

Let's just say we didn't sleep all that well.

And let's just say I won't be responsible for room sanitation in the near future.

The worst part about this is I still feel like that first awful smell is in my nose...does anybody know of any way to get rid of this?!? (And please don't suggest taking a shower...I've done that already...bathed and everything...)

I'll be back later to talk about something cool...my very own podcast!

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posted by Mattie @ 7:17 AM