Just Another Morning at My House

I got up nice and early this morning because it was Bible Study Fellowship day.  I turned on the coffee maker, fed Charleigh-Girl, let her outside, and looked at the clock.  It was 6:32.  Good, because I needed to be at BSF early.  I am assistant secretary for our class, and there was an instructional meeting for those in that position at 9:00.  And, I didn't really know what I was going to wear.  Oh, and I had a leetle bit of last minute touch-up to do on my lesson.

Within a very few minutes I smelled a skunk.  I thought, "Surely not again."  I looked out the back door, and there stood a forlorn looking little C-G with wet, slicked-down hair on her little head, neck, and front legs.  Sure enough, she must have once again tried to befriend a black and white creature.

For several reasons, this was not as bad as the first time the girl tangled with a skunk.  First, this is September.  The weather is good.  The first time it was very cold--maybe even icy.  Second, she was not shaking her head violently like she did the first time.  But that shaking and the strangeness of the odor the first time caused me to...you're not going to believe this...put her in my car and drive her to the 24-hour animal clinic at about 10:30 P.M.  Boy, were we popular in there!  They wanted us to leave, but they made the mistake of telling me her eyes might need washed out if the skunk had sprayed her directly in the face.  So, we waited for a vet.  It was ridiculous how we stunk up the place!  The vet dutifully washed out her eyes and sent me home with a recipe for an odor remover.

This time I knew what to do.  I just didn't have an unopened bottle of hydrogen peroxide, so I had to make an early morning run to CVS looking absolutely stunning.  I mixed up my potion, and she was so good while I rubbed it on her--outside.  At least I didn't have to pick the big lug up and put her in the bathtub!  When we got to the rinsing with a hose, however, she balked.  I had to chase, beg, and bribe to rinse her.  She finally just gave up and lay down in the grass submissively.

I didn't make the 9:00 meeting, but I was on time to the opening assembly!  Of course, I felt like I smelled like a skunk.  But at least my car didn't.  (And my friend Becky told me I didn't either.)  I deodorized my car last time with the same solution I used on Charleigh.  It's a wonder it didn't ruin the leather upholstery.  And it didn't work, so I drove around (alone) for weeks with baking soda in cake pans all around my car.


I'm really getting to be quite good at this.  If it happens again, I think I'll be composed enough to take a picture.  She really was hilariously pitiful looking.  Gotta go and use the potion on the girl again.  She's gonna want to sleep in my bed tonight!