Lifslevande / Alive

Well, that's the least you can say about yesterday!!! It really smelled, all afternoon and there were no end to it!!! Litterally it was the most smelly day I have had so far in my life!!

My Dad and Monika had decided that it was time for us to try "surströming", in English you can translate as routen herring! It really is rotten herring! Most of the times the tincan the fish is conseiled in is boulking; almost egg shaped. The tin Dad found was nice and...had a tin-caned-shape. Even thouh, dad decided to open the can in a sink filled with water. Good choise Dad! The stench that rose from the sink was just horrible!!! It was the worst stench I have ever felt!! Even the dogs left the room to find a sanktuary in the garden!!! Loooord!!!
Monkia barely managed not to throw up!

Thouh, all three of us had decided to try this rotten Swedish delicasy, smelly fish- with all the trimmings!!! Sour cream, red onion rings, potatoes and hard bread. Dad made a lovely creation. Monika and I prepared buckets, paper towls and loads, and loads of diet coke!! We tried to be brave, and we were- we took a huge bite each on our rotten herring sandwishes and.....Dad eat and eat.... Monika and Ihad a huge bit but then just coulden' continuet!! It feelt like eating rotten puke! It was absolutely vail!! After a few bites even Dad was defeated!!! He really tried to stay strong and manly- but oooouuuuu, the routten herring took the best out of him!!
Everything went in the prepared bin, out in the green bin and Dad ran as a starving German into the kitchen, threw up the fridge door and puled out a big pack of sousages!!! Out with a frying pan and started to fry sausages for all five of us!! Yes, Dad, Monika, Me and Louis and Maxi!!!The dogs needed some kind of compensation for the hell we put them trough!

Even if it was just horrible, stinking and rotten- it was somathing we had to try! It's so typical my family to try things that people advice us not to!! Monika, who is born and raised in Germany, didn't understand why dad previously had screamed at her not to tuch the "surströming" can in the shop- now she understoud!!! Never again, never again!


                        


Thouh, this wasn't the only thing with a very bad stench yesterday!
Louis provided us ith something ver smelly too. After taking the dogs for a walk Monika and I tried to heard the two hyper active dogs back into the garden! Louis just didn't want to go back, his plan was yet another walk... No way hosay! So, he found a little brown heap of I-really-don't-know-what-animals-feaces in the garden, to roll around in!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! The smell was almost as vail as the herring. Loooooooouuuuuiiiisssss!!!

When we got in Monika just handed me a towl, pH neutral Doggy shampoo and I took Louis to the shower.... He wasn't all that happy to loose his parfume that quick!!!
So, in to the shower, water, shampoo...and then dry Louis. I let him go to play with Maxi so tha I could sort out the messy bathroom by myslef. Thouh, he went right outside to roll in this feaces again!!! What the f*ck!!!! Loooouuuuiiiisssssss!!!!


                       


Another shower!! More shampoo and a very, very tierd Marie.... After the shower Monika keept an eye on Louis. Louis was very cold after having to shower twice so I took him into my arms, in my knitted sweeter and...realised that he wasn't smell-free...... Aaaaaa!!! Louis for christs sake!!! Iwas just sooo tierd so I decided to let him smell until we got home....
We had a lovely dinner in the evening, after that Dad and Monika took us home and I think Louis knew what was awaitening him at home!! He walked, as happy as ever, into the bathroom and I lifted him into the shower. thou, he wasn't all a happy camper when I put the shampoo on his back....

I gave him a thorough bath!!! Cleaning ears, face, deep cleaning his fure and....finaly!!! Smell free dog!!!
I was just in sooo much pain and sooo tierd after this ordeal that I took a bag af cochy dots, a big glass of schweeeps and landed in my soffa! Beside my was a comatosed wet dog!!!

Today is the day after the smelly-Day! I'm just knackered and will rest all day today! I only need to do a few arrends as it is pay-day today! Pay bills..... I need to go to the pharmacy and need to get some basic things home as our fridge is eeeemmmptyyyy!!! So medications, food and....hhhmmm, thinking about treating myself to some sushi. Really, I must get a new perception of fish in my memory-bank!!! I can't let the memory of "surströming" cloud my relation with fish-food!!

Love,
Marie