Acute case of smells

The green goo that I nurtured all winter has finally been killed off by chalky white pills, lots of water and a few rounds of acupuncture. I’ve now been headache free for almost a week. Life is looking and feeling good, but it is smelling terrible!

The green goo must have invaded my olfactory glands, cutting off any sense of smell. After their almost 6 month hiatus, covered in slime, my nose hairs are at full throttle. The office has become a maze of smell clouds to be avoided. I hadn’t realized how many people wear cologne or perfume. Or how many people have scented shampoo or strong deodorant.

Yesterday, after hours of enduring his smell, I turned to my office-mate and said, “Are you wearing a new cologne?”

He said, “No, it’s the same stuff I’ve had for years. Why, can you smell it?”

I made a little coughing noise, waving my hands in front of my face. “It is so strong over here, I can hardly stand it.”

He looked at me like I’d gone crazy and turned back to his work.

A little later we had a series of visitors to our office. Each person left a perfumed trail behind. *cough *cough My stomach started to churn and my head began to ache from the over whelming smells in our little room.

If only I could harness this acute sense of smell. The ability to turn it on and off when appropriate would be fantastic. I’d have it turned up to full smell power when eating a savory curry and then turn it all the way off at the gym.