Man, what a day! After only getting less than 4 hours of sleep last night (insomnia strikes again!), I had a busy day at church. During our Sunday school hour, I had a shift in the nursery and then it was my week to teach our children's church. I had 16 rambunctious 4yr olds - 3rd grade all to myself. After saying a little prayer for strength and for the kiddos to make good choices, we had a fun sometimes chaotic time.
Following the services, I helped to host the last of the baby showers. It was for a girl in our Sunday school class who just had a daughter. Nothing like some yummy cake and punch along with hanging out with the girls!
When I got home around 4:30 tonight, I was exhausted. If it weren't for little kiddos needing fed and bathed, I'm pretty sure I could have went to bed and not woke up until tomorrow. Around 10:00ish, I called it a day. I could barely keep my eyes opened. I fell asleep instantaneously. Wonderful sleep!
And then there it was. An unbelievably, horrific, nauseating, make the back of your throat and eyes burn, smell. I woke right up. 12:00am. What could possibly be going on? Because our town has an oil refinery, we sometimes call it "Smeldorado". But this was a much stronger, more intense smell than even that. That's when a very frustrated hubby walks in the room. He had just tied George up outside because the dog had just chased a skunk a block and half while out for the last potty trip of the day. But when George came back, James was unaware of him getting sprayed.
Initially, he brought George back up to his crate to put him to bed (which is located at the foot of our bed), but that's when he realized it. James took him outside so we could see what we needed to do to de-skunk our house. Of course, George did not like being outside on one of the coldest nights we've had in a few weeks (perfect timing, dog). He kept barking so James braved the cold and bathed him in Dawn dishsoap and vinegar. While he was doing that, I used our carpet de-odorizer powder on the carpet to try to help with the smell. Fortunately (and unfortunately), the only part of the house that has the smell is right before our room and in our room. So as I'm typing this the temp outside is 33 degrees with a wind chill of 21 degrees and we have our window wide open. I guess the only perk is there will definitely be a need to snuggle. And George is in his crate, by the front door, whining like crazy. Is it because his eyes burn? He didn't like his bath? Or is it that he got booted from his cozy spot by our bed?
Whatever the case may be, I hope he settles down so I might be able to salvage my wonderful night of sleep....
Oh the life you lead . . . I couldn't even dream up a story like this to tell. This could be one of the rudest awakenings in your lifetime; let's hope so.
ReplyDeleteA side note- some time ago, the ladies at the lunch table were talking about getting rid of skunk smell, ( I know , delightful dining subject, right?), and I believe they said that tomato juice baths will do the trick. I did notice that your previous blog showed the tomato soup cans that you got during your coupon conquest. Perhaps in a pinch, let's say around midnight, these could be George's spa treatment after playing with the skunk.
We had a skunk spray in the crawl space underneath our house 2 months after we were married. Talk about an upset newlywed. Everything in our house smelled like skunk. There was an ongoing joke at work about my clothes smelling like skunk. I think that house still smelled when we moved out. I hope you have better luck getting the smell out than we did.
ReplyDeleteHow unromantic! I am happy to report the the odor has diminished greatly. From time to time, I get a faint whiff, but not like the initial smell for sure. George was sequestered in his kennel and outside until this afternoon. He now smells of vinegar and a tad skunkish. Here's to hoping that it completely disappears and our house will sale =)
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