the case of the rotting stench

i've been taking marta on a pretty consistent basis now and i am waiting for the pounds to melt off. not happenin. i am also too pooped by the time i get home to do much of anything - like walk. i'm hoping more than anything that all this walking is helping my ankle return to normal. besides inhaling exhaust i enjoy my daily walks through the ga tech campus, listening to my zune and just daydreaming.

now to the humor. last night after work i was sitting on the couch and i kept smelling something funky. i couldn't really tell though because my sense of smell is a bit off. plus we have 3 dogs, 2 cats and a dirty kitchen. so i dismissed the smell as dog flatulence. i did, however mention it to johnny who also dismissed the smell.

we made chili and rice and watched mr. & mrs. smith on the couch. once we finished eating, johnny looked over at me with the same face i had on - "what's that smell?" it was confirmed - there was indeed a funky smell coming from somewhere in the vicinity of the living room. since we had all three dogs lounging on the couch with us we naturally assumed one of them farted. then johnny remembered that syrus has a chronic case of anal gland issues and suggested that his butt was seeping. i have never in my life expressed a dog's anal glands nor do i intend to. johnny said that a sniff test was in order - which i answered with a you-must-be-crazy look. so, at johnny's request i got a tissue and wiped syrus's butt. i couldn't bring myself to smell it so i gave it to johnny and he sniffed the tissue. at this point i can't contain my laughter and i start to wheeze from laughing so hard. he then wiped bibi & louie's ass and confirmed that the smell was not coming from them! omg - i was dying. johnny threatened to kill me if i blogged about what he did so i guess this is my last post, people. nice knowin' ya....

we searched high and low for the source of the smell and could not find it. it smelled like decomposing garbage mixed with some natural gas. we wondered if a rat died somewhere around the house or maybe...no, the smell is just too bad for it to be anything but something organic rotting. we still don't know where the smell is coming from. we slept with some windows open seeing as it's been in the mid 70's here all week.