So, woke up at 6 this morning, leisurely read in bed for an hour because I KNEW that today was going to be a long, but fun, day. This is how my inteded day was going to go: I was going to get ready at an easy pace, stop by work at about 10 and pick up my paycheck, visit with the secretary that I filled in for last week, see how her trip went, maybe stop by Starbucks on my way home. When I got home we were going to leave to drive to my cousin's house [she lives 2 hours away] for her bridal shower. We were going to leave a couple of hours early so that we could enjoy the drive and then visit with our family before other guests arrived and then we were going to take an easy drive back. But now. That's NOT how my day went.

This is how my actual day went: Started to get ready about 8-ish, had barely gotten into my routine when Mom and I noticed a foul odor. We thought someone had hit a skunk on the road so we were bummed because it was nasty smelling. Mom decided to go let the cats inside so they wouldn't smell like it. Anyway, I'm on my way to get my hairstraightener when I noticed Mom is standing REALLY still at the backdoor. "Come here, I can see the skunk," she said. "It was under the gazebo." Holy crap. So my sister and I, of course, run to the window because I've never seen a skunk before. And not just any skunk but a possibly rabid, possibly injured skunk. So we get freaked out because this skunk is staggering around our backyard all creepy-like so my dad gets the shotgun and goes to 'put it out of its misery'. Well, when he got it...it sprayed. Our house REEKS TO HIGH HEAVEN. Oh my God. If you've never smelled really potent skunk smell before, count yourself lucky, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemies. I very nearly vomited. My sister and I ended up sitting in our unfinished basement with is basically a glorified storage shed to put on our makeup and fix our hair because it didn't smell down there. Anyway, I ended up having company come with me to pick up my check because no one could stand to be at the house. So we were all upset as we got in the car to drive to my cousin's. Not to mention we all were terrified we would smell. Anyway, on our way to my cousin's we encountered the downpour to end all downpours. We couldn't even see a car-length in front of our vehicle. It was ridiculous. We were all really tense and everything by the time we got to my cousin's. The bridal shower wasn't bad. It was a whole bunch of women playing weird bridal shower games and eating ice-cream cake. On the way home, we experienced the detour to nowhere. Seriously the road was closed for some festival and the detour the cops put us on seriously took us to a hotel. We literally had to turn around in the hotel's parking lot and come back the way we came to get home. So we finally got home...to our skunky house... Needless to say I'm exhausted. It's been an effing long day. It wasn't horrible, I think I'm just overwhelmed by the fact that I feel like I've been awake for about a year now. And I'm still wide away so I know if I try to sleep anytime soon I won't be able to. Ugh.