everybody's workin for the weekend!

Its Friday, and the weekend is officially here! hooray! Me and Beka were thinking about going to see Eagle Eye at some point this weekend. It looks pretty good! (not to mention me and Beka have a junior high crush on Shia LaBeouf) Other than that, the weekend is free. The possibilities are endless!

I thought I would discuss something of utter importance.

Stank.

Have you ever smelt something absolutely rank? So rank it made you want to slice off your 5 senses so you could, in no way, sense it? Well, I've found the "stank" that birthed the previous stanks. No joke.

The past couple of weeks we've been getting a ton of rain here in Illinois. Most of it being the leftovers from the recent hurricanes. In any case, its been a monsoon. Rain can be good, especially when you live in the midwest, but too much rain can cause strange unnatural things to occur. I myself live in a nice little townhouse complex. Right around the corner and across the street is some farm land. Right next to that, is a little pond. It's not your typical pond... its more natural, if you will. There's really no barriers at all. It's probably 2 feet deep max, sits right next to the crops, and serves as a home for 10-12 ducks. After the mass amount of rain we had, the water levels rised tremendously causing some of the water to spill over into the road. After a couple days, the water level started residing, and the street became clear again. Everyones happy.

A couple days after that, I'm driving in my car. I turn the corner to get onto the main road and notice that the pond looked a little bit different. There was a ton of green stuff on top. It honestly looked like a swamp. And then it hit me. "The Stank" I usually have a high tolerance for bad smells....B.O., rotten eggs, poop, etc. but this was beyond any of those smells. There is no description that would serve this smell justice. I thought I was going to pass out and die. Everything was happening so fast. I rolled up the windows thinking, that it would somehow keep out the smell. What I didn't realize was that I was trapping the 'stank particles' in my car. I then rolled the windows down again, realizing that if I was going to avoid the smell I needed to have my windows shut before even getting near it. I could still smell it, from a block away. That's how potent it was.

I would never wish this stank upon anyone. Not even my worst enemy.

As the days pass, it seems to slowly be losing potentcy. And even after all of that, sometimes me and my sisters will be so wrapped up in a conversation, and forget to roll the windows up. They've learned to deal with it, making comments such as "Seriously Kaleen, keep your mouth closed!" (Kaleen being one of my sisters). They've also started this game in which they try to name the smell. The newest one being.... grandpas breath...but then feeling bad thinking they're referring to our grandpa, they change it to... generic grandpas breath.

and that is my story. the case of the stanky swamp pond.
hope you enjoyed!
:)