stinky

there is a putrid stench in our house. i first noticed it a couple of days ago as i was heading towards the office to check my emails. my first thought was that oliver had pooped in the bathtub again, but a quick check in the guest bathroom didn't uncover any clues as to where the smell was coming from. so i decided to ignore it. last night, after coming home from cell group, i smelled it as soon as i walked in the door. i went sniffing about the guest bathroom again, then into the office. the smell seemed to be just drifting around in the air, not coming from any source. thinking it may be coming from the air vents, i closed them. this morning i walked into the kitchen and the smell hit me like a wave...it was getting stronger! this time i went to every air vent in the house and closed it. sure enough, when i bent down to each vent, the smell oozed out, making me feel sick! josh (lucky for him) doesn't have a very good sense of smell. he couldn't smell it last night, and i doubt he'll be able to smell it unless he puts his nose to the vent. at any rate, i really really hope he finds out what it is and is able to remove it before andy and cara and sarah arrive tomorrow. in my mind, i can think of nothing worse than having guests over in a very stinky home. i have a sneaky suspicion that it's a dead rat stuck in the vent.

our david gray concert was cancelled last thursday. it seems david has come down with a very nasty stomach infection or something like that, so as far as we know, his north american tour is postponed for now, but who knows. i was SO bummed that day. josh got home from work and told me it was cancelled. being a girl, i had my whole outfit picked out and had even hot-oiled my hair for the occasion. with our plans cancelled, we felt at a loss as for what to do that day. we finally decided just to go rent a dvd. we went to 2 different places and came home empty handed...there was nothing we could agree on! the day ended up not being very nice at all. i have since gotten over it and am now giddy with excitement over getting to see a bit of my family tomorrow! the play pen is set up in the office for sarah to sleep in and the entire house has been eliminated of every dust particle i could find. now if only that smell would go away...