You have to laugh sometimes . . . My world . . .

[Guest guest]

Hi,

After everything sort of hitting the fan yesterday

with my mom and her extended visit, I had come up with

a plan for her to rest today before starting home

tomorrow, me lying low and out of her way and my

neighbor who works for me on Mondays to help with

things I have trouble with around the house helping to

change out my hospital bed for the Select Comfort

sleep number bed I have saved for and finally

purchased.

I donated my hospital bed to the VFW and they were to

pick it up today. They called and said they were

delivering a wheelchair today and they would come over

Thursday to pick up the bed. We explained that there

was help for me to set up my new bed today that would

not be available Thursday. The gentleman said that he

would help me with the bed Thursday. It took us about

3 hours to unpack and set up the bed which we - mostly

Donna - did today after putting the hospital bed out

in my carport so it would be protected if we should be

blessed with any showers.

When the bed had finally been assembled, I was already

asleep on a daybed in the living room. I joyfully

pounced on my new bed anyway, thrilled to have a queen

sized bed vs a hospital bed and one that I can adjust

and not have hip pain sleeping on my side. I was

ecstatic for about 5 minutes. I started to notice a

horrible smell. I could smell a skunk. My CPAP was on

so this smell was being forced down my nose and into

my lungs. I called my mom to see if she smelled it or

I was imagining things. Sure enough she could smell it

too.

I called my neighbor, Donna, the lady who had spent

her day off fixing me a new bed. Sure enough, as she

walked home, her 120lb lab mix nailed a skunk and the

smell is permeating my trailer. The 2nd slip of the

carport has a lot of loose hay that the dogs are

sleeping in and my mom's car so it will take a couple

of days for the smell to deteriorate. I have a spray

that will neutralize the smell when it's actually been

sprayed on them, but you can't spray the entire ridge.

Mom will be driving home tomorrow with a freshly

sprayed X2 car - once by the skunk and once by me. I

don't know if the VFW will want the bed or not. I'll

use the spray, but I can't keep the dogs from sleeping

nearby. I am lying in my new bed laughing at my luck

and the odor coming through my CPAP. Is it worth

risking a heart attack to leave the CPAP off tonight?

It just may be - LOL. This is just how my life goes

and you just have to have a sense of humor most days

which I can usually do. What are the odds? LOL

Wiping my watery eyes ; )

Willow