I just gave myself a migraine. I didn't have much of a choice though.
About an hour ago I was sitting here, making my way through a stack of follow-ups and trying to get people to send me their art or names or just quit being little bitches and agree to the less than minimum charges when I was suddenly struck with a horrific smell.
Rotten fish.
And it was STRONG.
I gagged and slapped a hand over my nose.
For the record, I truly dislike the smell of seafood. I don't eat it anymore except in the form of tuna cakes. (i used to but something happened one day and now it makes me ill) I can handle the smell if it's cooked well or if it's fresh and mixed with the smell of the Bay (I'm speaking of Fisherman's Warf in SF).
But THIS was different. It literally smelled rotten and I thought I was going to loose the few wheat thins I'd snacked on this morning.
I spoke up and mentioned I smelled bad fish. Then the boss' wife, said it was crab. She had made something with foul smelling crab in it and was eating it at her desk which is all of 6 feet away from mine.
I had to flee into the back warehouse and chat about Halo 3 for 10 minutes. After a bit I ventured back into the front office and was once again asaulted by that stench.
My solution?
I grabbed my scarf, sprayed some ginger cologne on it and wrapped it around my face so that it covered my nose and I looked like a practicing ninja.
The result, no fish smell but instant migraine from concentrated cologne.
Ah well. That's what advil is for, right?
