Fish Fiasco
Earlier, I was craving a club sub from the place I had my first job so I called in the order and prepared to go pick it up.As I entered into my old war pony black '97 Cavalier I got back in '99, (My hubby is off to a powwow in the Impala) I felt like I was in a scene from Grumpy Old Men.
No sooner had I put the key in the ignition when a stench greeted my nose and invaded my sinuses. My initial reaction/thought of "Pew, what's that?" was fittingly paired with a facial expression that consisted of a frown and a scrunched up nose.
Then I remembered/thought...
"That fuckin' fish!"
My dear husband received a fish from a guy at work before the happy holiday season (Dec. '07) and threw it in the trunk of the Cavalier. He asked our bro-in-law to fillet it for him and bro agreed but my husband never brought it around. And so the frozen fish sat in a box full of snow until today.
While sending a few cranky texts to my husband, I cleaned out the trunk, put the fish in the garbage bag and sprayed Lysol disinfectant everywhere but to no avail. I tossed the large thawed out thing in our garbage bin. I wonder if other animals would still eat it? In that case I should've brought it out to the woods and left it.
Luckily during that time I was outside with the trunk and doors open, the patients that normally hang out on the patio of the hospital/rehabilitation center next door were inside. (I heard it's a psych ward) Anyways, I was probably the crazy looking one, cleaning and spraying the trunk as though I were an accomplice in a crime and was trying to dispose of evidence.
Eventually I made it to the ATM and then to the sub shop. I paid for my sub and then headed to a store for Febreze! Not before calling my older sis, as she is experienced in the "animal in the trunk" scenario. (Bro-in-law works with hides and animal furs) She gave me some good advice on how to tackle the smell and into the store I went and bought Febreze, Oust, a car air freshener and even a candle to burn at home to fight off any fish stench that may still be lingering in my nasal passages.
First thing I did when I got in the car was rip open the car air freshener but the damn fish smell was overpowering so I sprayed Oust all over and it seemed to help out tremendously. Then I got the car air freshener up and running and enjoyed a tropically fragrant short ride back home.
Now here I sit blogging about the whole ordeal
For the record, I just tried eating half of my sub and my appetite has officially been lost. Everything tasted like that putrid fish. I only hope that it doesn't spoil the lasagna dinner that I am looking forward to in a few hours. I think I will drive out there wearing a doctor's mask.
Today has perhaps been one of the warmest days in a long time and thanks to that fish I know now that spring is well on the way, even if it is moving at a slow pace.
posted by J*me @ 1:55 PM
